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preface 



In the preparation of this book, fhe author has sought 
solely to present an accurate and connected history of the 
rise and extension of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas. 

The information which it contains has been compiled 
chiefly from the Masonic records in the archives of Philip 
C. Tucker, for free and frequent access to which the 
author is indebted to the widow and family of the late 
Grand Commander. 

The only virtue that is claimed for this work is its cor- 
rect portrayal of the life of the Rite in Texas. The author, 
himself, at the time of writing, the oldest thirty-third de- 
gree Honorary Scottish Rite Mason in Texas, has drawn 
readily upon his more or less extensive fund of informa- 
tion concerning the Rite in this State, not for the purpose 
of writing down his recollections or beliefs concerning its 
establishment and progress, but merely for the sugges- 
tion of lines of investigation that carefully and definitely 
pursued might lead to the acquisition of data about the 
authenticity of which there could be no shadow of doubt. 

More than twelve months were spent in this undertak- 
ing. The author visited frequently the several Consis- 
tories of Texas and going once to Washington to examine 
the records of the Supreme Council for information un- 
obtainable here. The task has been compensatory in the 
wider knowledge of the growth of the Rite which the 
author has acquired by its preparation, and the increas- 
ing enthusiasm which pursuit of it has engendered for 
the pioneers of the Rite and admiration for the success 
which their perseverance and energy enabled them to win. 

This, his first literary effort, is Hkely to be his last, as 
notwithstanding the large, if intangible recompense of 
authorship, the task which sincerity of purpose imposes 
upon- ambition is sometimes greater in the end than is 
even faintly hinted at the beginning. 

If this little book shall bring a new knowledge of Scot- 
tish Rite Masonry to any of those into whose hands it may 
fall, it shall fulfill the mission for which it was sent upon 
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Metrication 



Samuel Poyntz Cochran, 33% 

Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Texas. 

Dear Sir and Brother: — 

I have taken the liberty to dedicate this volume to you 
as a slight testimonial of respect and esteem for an emi- 
nent Mason and a worthy and honored citizen of Texas, 
although realizing that nothing I could do or say v^ould 
add to the lustre of a name which has been so prominent 
for many years in the Fraternity, as well as in public af- 
fairs of our City and State. No monument will be neces- 
sary to perpetuate your memory. The example of an up- 
right life, your work in the interest of the Craft, covering 
the best years of an active life and your manifold chari- 
ties, the greater part of which are never heard of by 
the general public, will prove more lasting than the finest 
Parion Marble, more enduring than the granite hills of 
New England. 

Courteously and Fraternally, 

C. A. HOTCHKISS, 33° Hon. 



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Innate delicacy prevents our grand old man of Scottish Rite Ma- 
sonry in Texas from writing his own biography, either in the body 
of our book or in a preface to or an addendum of the same. It 
has been represented to me by many of my brethren that I ought 
to perform this duty for him. I feel my limitations, but have 
consented on condition that this biography of Brother Hotchkiss 
shall be placed at the beginning of the book. And what, may I 
ask could be more appropriate as an introduction to a work of this 
character than to point to the achievements of such a grand char- 
acter and sterling Mason. 

To paint the lily, to gild refined gold, to add perfume to the 
rose are not more futile nor useless than to attempt to introduce 
Brother Hotchkiss to his contemporaries. You all know him and 
know his works. For posterity, however, I now set down a brief 
synopsis of his life and labors, in the Masonic world. 

He was born to the square! He is descended from a long se- 
ries of paternal ancestors who were all devoted Masons. His 
father, Rinaldo Hotchkiss, was born in Palmyra, N. Y., in 1818, 
and moved to Nacogdoches in 183 5. Rinaldo Hotchkiss was en- 
rolled at the age of 17 in the ranks of Texas Patriots in their 
battles for independence. He fought at San Jacinto and was in 
other important battles. He was a Master Mason and Knight 
Templar. Archibald Hotchkiss, a grandfather of our brother, was a 
Master Mason and Knight Templar and fought for his country as 
captain of a battery in the year of 1812. 

The author of this book, Charles Albert Hotchkiss, 33° I. G. H., 
received the entered apprentice degree in Palestine Lodge in 187 8 
and is a life member of all the York Rite bodies in Palestine, Texas. 

He received the degrees of Scottish Rite Masonry at the State 
Capitol at Austin in 1883 from Charles S. Morse, 33° Hon., Depu- 
ty Inspector for Texas. He was made Kt. Commander, Court of 
Honor in October, 1888, coroneted 33° Hon., on October 22, 1890, 
by the Supreme Council A. & A. S. R, at Washington, D. C, dur- 
ing the lifetime of Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike. He 
was commissioned Deputy Inspector General for Texas on Sep- 
tember 9, 1888. He was the first native Texan to receive the 33rd 
degree and is now the senior 3 3rd degree Mason in Texas. 

He is renowned as a student and writer of Masonic history 
and law. 

He has painstakingly and laboriously studied records, dating 
back nearly 50 years and has devoted a year of his time to the 
contemplation of the facts and statistics set forth in this work. 
He has had access to the official papers of Philip C. Tucker, form- 
erly in charge of the work of the Scottish Rite in Texas. He has 
consulted and used the official records of the Supreme Council 
at Washington. 

This book which is intended to be a complete history of Scottish 
Rite Masonry in Texas, represents personal sacrifices. It repre- 
sents a labor of love and it is dedicated by him to Samuel 
Poyntz Cochran, 33°, S. G. I. G. in Texas. 

JOHN M. SPELLMAN, 33° Hon. 
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Philip Crosby Tucker, 33°. 



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History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



THE INTRODUCTION OF SCOTTISH RITE MASONRY 

IN TEXAS. 

The epitome of the history of the Rite in Texas neces- 
sarily requires and involves a part of the Masonic his- 
tory of the Brother who introduced it into the State. 

BROTHER PHILIP CROSBY TUCKER, 33rd, Sovereign 
Grand Inspector General in Texas, was born in Vergennes, 
Vermont, February 14th, 1826. He was a lawyer by pro- 
fession, he was a Past Master of Dorchester Lodge Ver- 
mont in 1847. He was T. I. M. of Vergennes Council, Royal 
and Select Master, Past District Deputy Grand Master, 
Past Grand Secretary of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter 
of Vermont and was made a Knight Templar in Burling- 
ton Commandery. He came to Galveston, Texas, in No- 
vember 1852, and affiliated with Harmony Lodge No. 6, 
and was Worshipful Master of it for six years and declined 
a re-election December, 1867. He was also a member of 
Tucker Lodge No. 297; Past High Priest of San Felipe de 
Austin Chapter No. 1, R. A. M. i was Eminent Commander 
of San Felipe de Austin Commandery, Knights Templar, 
for fourteen years; Grand Master of the Most Worshipful 
Grand Lodge of Texas in 1869 ; Grand High Priest of 
Grand Royal Arch Chapter 'in Texas in 1864 and 1865, 
and Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of 
Knights Templar in Texas in 1864, and was the Repre- 
sentative of several other Grand Bodies to those near 
Texas. 

He received the degrees of Ancient and Accepted Scot- 
tish Rite from 4° to 32° inclusive at New Orleans, Louis- 
ana, February 5th, 1867, at the hands of Brother James 
C. Batchelor, 33°, Inspector General; Samuel M. Todd, 
33°, Inspector General, assisted by Bro. H. R. Swasey, 32", 
by virtue of a dispensation to that effect issued by Albert 
Pike, 33°, dated the 22nd day of July, 1866. He was 
commissioned as Deputy Inspector General of the Su- 
preme Council with ample powers for the State of Texas, 
by the Venerable Grand Commander, February 13th, 1867. 
Elected a 33° at Charleston, South Carolina, in May 1868; 
crowned an active member September, 1868, at Saint 
Louis, Missouri; appointed Second Grand Equerry of the 
Supreme Council May 6th, 1874; appointed Grand Prior 
ad interim February 5th, 1883; elected Grand Prior Oc- 
tober 22nd, 1884; elected Lieutenant Grand Commander 



8 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

October 17th, 1892; elected Grand Commander, October 
18th, 1893. He was also commissioned as representative 
and guarantor of amity from the Supreme Council of 
Mexico to this Supreme Council on the 27th of January, 
1882, which position he held until 1891, when he resigned. 

Brother Tucker died in the house of the Temple, Wash- 
ington, D. C, on the 9th day of July, 1894. He was the 
last survivor of the noble band who organized the Grand 
Chapter in Vermont. During the Civil War he was in 
the Confederate service doing duty as a volunteer aid on 
General McGruder's staff, with the rank of Major, and not 
only rendered valuable aid to the cause by his intimate 
knowledge of the surrounding country, but was able to 
give Masonic relief and assistance to those taken prisoners. 

He was an active member of the Howard Association 
during the yellow fever epidemics that visited Galveston, 
night and day for long months, in each epidemic he never 
suffering was done by him and his associates. Every- 
where at all times, under all circumstances, he performed 
faithfully, punctually and thoroughly every duty, civil 
and Masonic, imposed upon him by the nature of his of- 
fice, pure of heart, of perfect integrity and most worthy 
of the grand old name of ''Gentleman" ; immeasurable, 
generous, kind, affectionate and tender-hearted, a fast, 
firm, friend, genially hearty and good humored, he was one 
to win esteem and honor, firm friendship and warm af- 
fection. The superior lustre of his name will out-shine 
the flashes of their resentment, and reflect a glory upon 
Masonry which can never fade. 



SPES MEA IN DEO EST. 

Ad Universi Terrarum Orbis Summi Architect Gio 

Resurgens Tenebras Vera Lux Dimovit 

Sub. P. P..R. S. 32nd D. of the A. & A. S. R. 

In and for the State of Louisiana, 

Under the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Council 

For the Southern Jurisdiction of the 

United States of America 

Sitting at 

Charleston, S. C. 

Office of S. G. I. G., A. M. S. C. 

Valley of New Orleans, this 30th day of the month Sebat 
A. M. 5627— Feb. 5, 1867. 




Scottish Rite Cathedial 
Galveston, Texas. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 9 

To All Illustrious and Beloved Brethren to Whom These 
Presents Shall Come: — 

TOLERATION UNION PROSPERITY 

Know, that on the day and in the Valley above men- 
tioned, by and under the authority of a Dispensation 
emanating from 111. Bro. Albert Pike, 33rd and S. G. C. of 
the Supreme -Council (Mother Council of the World) for 
the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of Ameri- 
ca, sitting at Charleston, S. C, dated at the 0. of Mem- 
phis, the 10th day of the month F. S. A. M. 5626, answer- 
ing to the 22nd day of July V. E. 1866. 

We have communicated the several Degrees of the A. 
A. S. R. from the Fourth to the Thirty-second inclusive, 
to Most Worthy and Worshipful Brother Philip C. Tucker 
of Galveston, in the State of Texas, in order that he may 
have and enioy all the honors and prerogatives appertain- 
ing to the Degree of Prince of the Royal Secret, 32nd 
A. A. S. R. and do hereby enjoin upon all 111. Brethren to 
whom these presents may come, to receive and Honor, 
our 111. Brother Tucker as such. 

In evidence we aflixed our official signature to this cer- 
tificate and sealed it with our private seal in the valley and 
on the date above said. 
(SEAL) (S) JAMES C. BATCHELOR(M. D.) 33rd 

S. G. I. G. and A. M. S. C. for Louisiana. 
(SEAL) (S) SAM'L M. TODD, 33rd 

S. G. I. G. and Deputy of S. C. for Louisiana. 

FIRST COMMUNICATION HELD IN TEXAS. 

Valley of Galveston, Orient of Texas. 

Feby 8th, 1867. 
On the 8th Ijar 2562, for the purpose of estabhshing a 
Lodge of Perfection at Galveston he communicated the 4" 
to the 14° inclusive to the following Master Masons: 
Nahor Biggs Yard, James Edward Haviland, Milton Webb 
Baker, Benjamin Overfield Hamilton, Marcus. Fulton Mott, 
Samuel Hidden Oilman, Oliver Steele, David Wakelee, and 
on the 10th gave same to Brother Henry Clay Baker, and 
on the 14th to Brother James Sorley, and on the' 15th 
gave the 15° and 16° to Brother Nahor Biggs Yard, and 
on said 15th of year issued Temporary Letters of Consti- 
tution to the B. B. named, constituting them a regular 



10 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Lodge of Perfection of Galveston, Texas, to be known and 
registered as San Felipe Lodge of Perfection No. 1, and 
appointed. 

N. B. YARD, T. P. Master, 
BENJAMIN 0. HAMILTON, S. W. 
SAM'L H. OILMAN, J. W. 
* (Signed) • PHILIP C. TUCKER, 32° 

Deputy of Supreme Council. 

The above is copied from the original manuscript found 
in the archives of Philip C. Tucker's papers and is a true 
copy of same.^ All of the B. B. above named have long 
since passed over the Great Divide. 

Orient of Galveston, Texas. 
8th Ijar A. M. 5627. 
8th Day of May, 1867. 

For the purpose of propagating the Rite in Texas ana 
to enable a Lodge of Perfection A. & A. S. Rite to be con- 
stituted at Galveston, the degrees of the Rite from 4° to 
14° inclusive, were this day communicated by me to the 
following named Master Masons: 

Brothers Nahor Biggs Yard, James Edward Haviland, 
Milton Webb Baker, Benjamin Overfield Hamilton, Mar- 
cus Fulton Mott, Samuel Hidden Oilman, Oliver Steele, 
David Wakelee. 

(Signed) PHILIP C. TUCKER, 32% 

Deputy Inspector General. 

And for the same purpose, communicated the degrees 
of the A. & A. S. Rite of Freemasonry from the 4° to 14" 
to Brother Austin Clay Baker, 10th Ijar, A. M. 5627. 

And for the same purpose, communicated same degrees 
of the Rite to Brother James Sorley, 14th Ijar A. M. 5627. 

And to enable Brother N. B. Yard to be appointed 
Thrice Puissant of the Lodge of Perfection to be created 
at Galveston, I communicated to him the 15° and 16° of 
the Rite, 15th Ijar A. M. 5627. 

(Signed) PHILIP C. TUCKER, 32°, 

Deputy Inspector General. 

Mem. Work Earliest in Texas 

Valley at Galveston 

In May 1867 Ijar 5627, I made 10. 14th and made one 
of them Bro. Yard 16th Degree to enable him to preside. 
8th May 1867, 4th to 14th on - 

N. B. Yard 

Milton Webb Baker 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 11 



James E. Haviland 
Benjamin 0. Hamilton 
Marcus Fulton Mott 
Sam Hidden Gilman 
Oliver Steele 
David Wakelee 
Austin C. Baker 
James Sorley. 



15th of May issued Temporary Letters of Constitution 
same B. B. to form and open a Lodge of Perfection to be 
called San Felipe Lodge of Perfection No. 1 at Galveston. 

Yard T. P. Master 
Hamilton Sr. Warden 
Gilman Jr. Warden 

Valley of Galveston, Orient of Texas, May 15th, 1867. 

A session of Brethren of the 14° of the Ancient and 
Accepted Scottish Rite was held at Masonic Hall in the 
City of Galveston, Wednesday evening the 10th day of the 
Hebrew month I jar, 5627. Answering to the 15th day of 
May, A. D. 1867, for the purpose of organizing a Lodge 
of Perfection in this City: 

Present: Brother P. C. Tucker, N. B. Yard, B. O. Ham- 
ilton, S. H. Gilman, G. Krausse, O. Steele, D. Wakelee, J. 
E. Haviland, M. F. Mott, M. W. Baker and A. C. Baker. 

P. C. Tucker, 32°, Deputy Inspector General, presented 
and read a Charter constituting a Lodge of Perfection in 
this City under the name of San Felipe Lodge of Perfec- 
tion No. 1. 

The charter members being named as follows: Nahor 
Biggs Yard, James Edward Haviland, David Wakelee, 
Benjamin Overfield Hamilton, Milton Webb Baker, Mar- 
cus Fulton Mott, Samuel Hidden Gilman, George Krausse, 
Jonathan Sturges Beers, Philip Crosby Tucker, Austin 
Clay Baker, James Soiley, Oliver Steel and declared the 
same duly constituted with full power to elect their officers 
and confer degrees from the 4° to the 14° inclusive. 

An election for officers was then held, resulting in the 
election of N. B. Yard, Puissant Grand Master; B. O. 
Hamilton, Most Excellent Sen. Grand Warden; S. H. Gil- 
man, Most Excellent Jr. Grand Warden; D. Wakelee, Sec- 
retary; Oliver Steele, Treasurer; G. Krausse, Expert and 
Orator; J. E. Haviland, Almoner; M. F. Mott, Respect- 
able Sen. Grand Expert; M. W. Baker, Grand Master of 
Ceremonies; A. C. Baker, Capt. of the Host. 



12 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



No further business appearing the Lodge was closed 
in due form. 

(Signed) D. WAKELEE, 14° 

Secretary. 

February 14th, 1868. 

Engraved Tablets of San Felipe Lodge of Perfection 
No. 1 held Friday evening the 21st day of the Hebrew 
month Shebat 5628. Answering to the 14th day of Feb- 
ruary, A. D. 1868: 

Present: N. B. Yard, P. G. M. ; P. C. Tucker, Geo. 
Krausse, B. 0. Hamilton, 0. Steele, D. Wakelee and J. 
H. H. Csmp, Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 1, New York. 
Opened without ceremony; reading the minutes by motion 
was dispensed with. The petition of Brother Ralph Levy, 
Isadore Lovenberg and M. Strickland, was read and elect- 
ed at this meeting. Brother Lovenberg, 18°, is the only 
member of above class now living. 



HOW SAN FELIPE LODGE OF PERFECTION NO. 
DERIVES ITS NAME. 



It appears by the record that San Felipe Lodge of Per- 
fection No. 1 derived its name from the town *'San Felipe 
de Austin," the capitol of Austin's Colony of North Amer- 
icans, on the Brazos river, which was called ''San Felipe 
de Austin," from the 26th of July, 1823, by an order of 
Don Luciano Garcia, then Governor of the Mexican Prov- 
ince of Texas in which it was situated; the suffix (de 
Austin) being convenient to distinguish it from the town 
of San Felipe in the Mexican State Guaunjuato and San 
Felipe in the Valley of Mexico. 

In Spanish countries it is not unusual to designate 
towns, capes, islands, etc., by the names of the Apostles. 
This town was called by the name of Sain Philip, in Span- 
ish, San Felipe, who was a native of Bethosida, one of the 
Apostles, and the constant companion and follower of Jesus 
of Nazareth, distinguished for his zeal in preaching the 
Christian religion; and was proved faithful unto death, 
being imprisoned, scourged and crucified for his religious 
faith at Hierapols, certainly an appropriate name to be 
used. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 13 



L. M. OPENHEIMER CHAPTER No. 2. 

On the 8th day of August, 1882, aiii informal meeting of 
the B. : B. : was held. The following is a copy of the pro- 
ceedings : 

B. : B. : present Benj. F. Disbrow 32°, Wm. Scrime- 
gour, 32°, John H. Martin, 18°, J. C. Johnson, 18°, Henry 
P. Angel 32°, John Mealy 32°, Benjamin O. Hamilton 32°, 
Louis Schneider 32°, Theo. Goldman 32°, Calvin W. Pres- 
ton 32°, Andrew Munn 32° and A. F. Cykoski 32°. Bro. 
B. F. Disbrow was called to preside and A. F. Cykoski as 
secretairy. The presiding officer stated that the object of 
the meeting was to organize and form a Chapter of Rose 
Croix. The name of "L. M. Oppenheimer" was proposed 
and adopted as the name of the Chapter. The election of 
officers followed and resulted in electing the following: 
Wm. Scrimegour, 32°, W. M.; Wm. M. Andrews, 32°, Sr. 
W.; James C. Johnson, 32°, Jr. W.; Henry P. Angell 32% 
Orator; Benj. F. Disbrow 32°, Almoner; Adolph F. Cy- 
koski 32°, Secretary. 

ANDREW MUNN 32°, Treasurer. 

Bro. Scrimegour appointed the following officers: Theo. 
Goldman 32°, M. C; Louis Schneider 32°, Sr. Ex.; John H. 
Martin 18°, Jr. Ex.; John Mealy 32°, C. H. 

WM. MELVILLE 32°, Tyler. 

B.: B.: L. M. Openheimer, 32° and Benj. W. LeCompt 
32°, were on motion placed on the roll as charter mem- 
bers. No further business appearing, the meeting ad- 
journed. 

A. F. CYKOSKI, Secretary. 

This application of these B.: B. : was presented 
to the Insp. Gen. PhiHp C. Tucker 33°, who granted them 
on August 23d, 1882, Letters Temporary under the name 
and title of ''L. M. Openheimer Chapter No. 2," with the 
officers as mentioned in the application. 

The same officers held their position for three years, 
which at that time was the law of the Supreme Council. 
This law was changed in regard to, Texas in 1884. The 
charter members included in Esparanza Council on De- 
cember 2, 1868; also Rose Croix Chapter, same date, 
are all dead. 



14 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

GALVESTON. 
PIKE TUCKER COUNCIL. 

Orient of Galveston, Texas, August 2nd, 1898. 

A meeting was held on the above date in the Scottish 
Rite room in Masonic Temple. There were present: 
Bro. M. F. Mott, 32° Bro. F. B. Hudson, 33°, Hon. 

Bro. T. M. Dealey, 32° Bro. Wm. Scrimgour, 33°,Hon. 

Bro. W. W. Woolford, 32° Bro. Louis Schneider, 32°, 
Bro.. A. L. Pierson, 32° KCCH 

Bro. Chas. W. Gill, 32° Bro. Simon Rosenfield, 32° 

Bro. Don D. Donahue, 32° KCCH 

Bro. R. B. Talfor, 32° Bro. H. M. Waters, 32°, 

Bro. Leopold Weiss, 30° KCCH 

Bro. Harry Meyer, 32° Bro. F. H. Miller, 32°, KCCH 

Bro. Chas. S. Morse, 33°, Hon. Bro. Chas. G. Clifford, 32° 
Bro. J. S. Wilson, 33° Hon. KCCH 

Bro. J. M. Groesbeck, 32° Bro. E. M. Hartrick, 32° 
Bro. Chas, R. Brown, 33°, Hon. KCCH 

Bro. A. L. Burleson, 32° 

And the following as Spectators : 
Bro. A. B. Chamberlin, 33°, Inspector General. 
Bro. B. C. Hill, 14° Bro. Ed Haines, 18° 

Bro. V. H. Hulen, 18° Bro. F. W. Chase, 14° 

Bro. J. W. Foster, 14° Wm. Willis, 18° 

Bro. John E. Chubb, 18° Thos. G. Croft, 18° 

Bro. Chas. R. Brown stated that the meeting was 
called to discuss the advisability of establishing a Council 
of Knights Kadosh, whereupon it was moved and carried 
that Brother M, F. Mott be elected Chairman and Brother 
J. J. Davis, Secretary. 

We, the undersigned members in good standing of our 
Blue Lodge, of the Lodge of Perfection, and Chapter of 
Rose Croix of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Free Ma- 
sonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, 
reiterating our vows to this Rite and desirous of forming 
ourselves into a Council of Knights Kadosh, do hereby 
petition you, as the Inspector General to grant us Letters 
Temporary for a Council of Knights of Kadosh, promising 
to ever bear true allegiance to the said Supreme Council 
and if granted, to do our duty as officers and members 
of said Council. 

The motion was seconded by Brother Louis Schneider 
and carried unanimously. Thereupon the election of offi- 
cers was entered into resulting in the election of the 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 15 

following officers to serve until the next regular meeting, 
the officers in each case being elected unanimously. 

Bro. E. C. Pitkon, 32°, KCCH, Sir Preceptor. 
Bro. Edwin Chamberlin, 32% 1st Sub Preceptor 
Bro. J. S. Wilson, 33° Hon. 2d Sub. Preceptor. 
Bro. Chas, W. Gill, 32% Chancellor. 
Bro. A. L. Burleson, 32% Orator. 
Bro. Wm. Scrimgeour, 33° Hon., Almoner. 
Bro. Chas. G. Clifford, 32% KCCH, Recorder. 
Bro. Louis Schneider, 32° KCCH, Treasurer. 
Said Council to be known as Pike-Tucker; there being 
present forty-one other brethren who signed the appli- 
cation for a temporaray Charter. 

Brother J. S. Wilson offered the following: 
Resolved: That this Council select the name and 
be known as Pike-Tucker Council of Knights Kadosh of 
Galveston. The motion was seconded by Brother F. H. 
Miller and carried unanimously. Brother E. C. Pitkin 
offered the following: Resolved; that the Secretary be 
authorized to receipt to the Lodge of Perfection for any 
money it may advance to this Council to pay the expenses 
incidental to its organization; seconded by Brother Dealey 
and carried unaminously. 

No further business appearing the meeting adjourned 
subject to call of the Sir Preceptor elect. 

(Signed) J. J. DAVIS, 

Secretary. 
CIRCULAR LETTER. 

Galveston, Texas, September 27th, 1898. 
Dear Sir and Brother: 

Our petition to the Inspector General for Letters Tem- 
porary for a Council of Kadosh has been granted. 

Pursuant to resolution of preliminary meeting, you are 
hereby requested to be present at the Scottish Rite Lodge 
Room in the Masonic Temple in the City of Galveston, 
Thursday Evening, October 6th, 1898, for the purpose of 
instituting the Council and installing the Officers. 

The Inspector General has ruled that it is essential that 
all Brethern who have joined in the petition for the Coun- 
cil to be present at that time in order to be enrolled as 
Charter Members. Please advise me in advance of it, if 
it is possible for you to be present. 

Cordially yours, 
' (Signed) E, C. PITKIN, 

Sir Preceptor *'elect." 



16 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Galveston, Texas, October 6th, 1898. 

Pursuant with land in compHance to Circular Letter of 
Sir Preceptor E. C. Pitkin, dated September 27th, 1898, 
(See copy previous page) the following B. B. met at Ma- 
sonic Temple on the above date for the purpose of consti- 
tuting and inaugurating a Council of Kadosh, viz: 

Geo. M. Courts, 32° E. C. Pitkin, 32°, KCCH 

F. M. Gilbough, 33° Hon. C. W. Gill, 32° 

Joe Seinsheimer, 32° C. G. Chfford, 32°, KCCH 

A. L. Pierson, 32° F. H. Miller, 32°, KCCH 

H. M. Waters, 32°, K. C. C. H.C. R. Brown, 33°, Hon. 

M. F. Mott, 32° Wm. Scrimgeour, 33°, Hon. 

Silvan Blum, 32° J. J. Da\as, 32° 

Leopold Weiss, 30° F. B. Hudson, 33°, Hon. 

C. O. Wheeler, 32° T. W. Dealey, 32° 

R. B. Talfor, 32° E. M. Hartrick, 32°, KCCH 

C. F. Neil, 32° A. H. Wainright, 32° 

W. W. Woolford, 32° C. W. Macure, 32°, visitor 

J. S. Wilson, 33°, Hon. from Beaumont Texas. 

G. A. Gibbons, 32° Max Taub, 32° 
R. B. Morris, 32° W. S. Wall, 32° 
R. S. Stephens, 32° Jake Keller, 32° 
A. L. Burleson, 32° F. J. Booth, 32^ 

Humphreville, 32° 

It being found that the First Sub Preceptor elect. 
Brother Edwin Chamberlin, and the Treasurer elect, 
Brother Louis Schneider, were absent, an election was 
held, which resulted in the election of Brother J. S. Wilson 
as First Sub. Preceptor, A. L. Burleson as Second Sub. 
Preceptor, Charles R. Brown as Orator and F. H. Miller 
as Treasurer. 

The Inspector General being announced wias admitted 
and proceeded to constitute and inaugurate a Council of 
Kadosh under the distinctive name and title of Pike-Tucker 
Council of Kadosh No. 1 of the State of Texas, after which 
he duly installed the following officers: 

Brother E. C. Pitkin, 32°, KCCH, Sir Preceptor. 

Brother J. S. Wilson, 33° Hon., First Sub. Preceptor 

Brother A. L. Burleson, 32°, Second Sub. Preceptor. 

Brother C. W. Gill, 32°, Chancellor 

Brother C. G. Clifford, 32°, KCCH, Recorder. 

Brother F. H. Miller, 32° K. C. C. H., Treasurer. 

Brother Chas. R. Brown, 33°, Hon., Orator. 

Brother Wm. Scrimgeour, 33° Hon., Almoner. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 17 

Brother J. J. Davis, 32°, M. of C. 

Brother F. B. Hudson, 33° Hon., Turcopelier. 

Brother T. W. Dealey, 32°, Draper. 

Brother Max Taub, 32°, First Deacon. 

Brother E. M. Hartrick, 32°, KCCH, Bearer Beausant. 

Brother G. A. Gibbons, 32°, Second Deacon. 

Brother C. F. Neil, 32°. 

Brother A. H. Wainright, 32°, Guard. 

Brother W. W. Woolford, 32°, Sentinel. 

Quite a number of petitions for degrees were presented 
and read. B. B. J. J. Davis, 32° ; T. W. Dealey, 32°, and 
E. C. Pitkin, 32°, KCCH, were appointed a committee 
on by-laws. There being no further business the Council 
closed. 

E. C. PITKIN, 32°, KCCH., Preceptor. 
CHARLES G. CLIFFORD, 32°, KCCH, Recorder. 

As you will see there were present at the first meeting 
August 2nd, 1898, 33 of which only 16 are now living; of 
the 8 officers elected at the meeting, only 3 are now living. 

At the meeting October 6th, 1898, there were 33 Char- 
ter Members, 16 of them are living; 17 officers were in- 
stalled at this meeting and only 9 are now living. 

This Council was named for Philip Crosby Tucker, S. G. 
I. G., in Texas and General Albert Pike 33°, Grand Com- 
mander. 

The date of Charter, October 6th, 1898. 



TEXAS CONSISTORY No. 1. 

Orient of Galveston, Texas, August 5, 1899. 

A meeting of the Masters of the Royal Secret in Texas 
was held at Masonic Temple Valley of Galveston, Texas, 
on Saturday evening, August 5th, 1899, for the purpose 
of organizing a Consistory. The following B. B. were 
present : 

A. B. Chamberlin, 33°, S. G. I. G. 

G. A. Gibbons, 32°, Houston. 

H. H. McElroy, 32°, Houston. 

Sam'l. P. Cochran, 32°, Dallas. 
. C. M. Kirk, 32°, Denison, 

T. G. Croft, 32°, ^\«lveston. 

J. J. Davis, 32°, Galveston. 

E. C. Pitkin, 32°, KCCH, Galveston. 



18 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

C. 0. Wheeler, 32°, Galveston. 

F. B. Hudson, 33°, Hon., Galveston. 

R. B. Talfor, 32°, Galveston. 

T. W. Dealey, 32°, Galveston. 

Geo. E. Korst, 32°, Galveston. 

C. R. Brown, 33°, Hon., Galveston. 

W. A. Easton, 32°, Galveston. 

C. P. Neil, 32°, Galveston. 

Simon Rosenfield, 32°, KCCH, Galveston. 

Bro. Chas. R. Brown, 33°, Hon., was chosen President 
and Chas. G. Clifford, 32°, K.C.C.H., Secretary. 

On motion it was voted that a petition be made to the 
S. G. Inspector General to procure us a Charter for a 
Consistory for Galveston, Texas, that shall be named 
and styled Texas Consistory No. 1. 

The following B. B. were elected officers for the first 
year: 

T. G. Croft, 32°, Com. in Chief. 

C. W. Gill, 32°, Preceptor. 

T. W. Dealey, 32°, Minister of State. 

C. G. Clifford, 32°, K. C. C. H., Registrar. 

C. R. Brown, 33°, Hon., Prior. 

F. B. Hudson, 33°, Hon., Chancellor. 

Wm. Scrimgeour, 33°, Hon., Almoner. 

L. Schneider, 32°, KCCH, Treasurer. 

The Commander in Chief was instructed to draw upon 
San Felipe Lodge of Perfection for such funds as are 
necessary to defray the expense of organization, procuring 
Charter, Books, etc. 

On motion the meeting adjourned. 

(Signed) Chas. G. Clifford, 32°, K. C. C. H., 

Thos. G. Croft, 32°, Registrar. 

Commander in Chief. 

Orient of Galveston, Texas, Nov. 11, 1899. 
All Thirty-Second Degree Masons in good standing 
(good standing means to be a member of Lodge of Per- 
fection, Chapter of Rose Croix and Council of Kadosh) 
under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council of the 
Thirty-Third Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction of the 
United States, are cordially invited to be present at the 
constitution and inauguration of Texas Consistory No. 1, 
at the Scottish Rite Hall, in Galveston, Texas, at 7:30 
o'clock p. m., on November 18, 1899. Only those present 
will be entitled to be enrolled as Charter Members. If 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texag 19 

those who cannot attend will send in their application for 
affiliation, the same will be acted upon the same evening. 

Courteously yours, 
(Signed) THOMAS G. CROFT, 32% 

Commander in Chief. 
C. G- CLIFFORD, 32°, K. C. C. H. 
Registrar. 
Pursuant with and in compliance to the above circular 
letter, the following B. B. met at Masonic Temple, Valley 
of Galveston, Texas, on Saturday evening, November 18, 
1899, for the purpose of constituting and inaugurating a 

"CONSISTORY" 

T. G. Croft, 32°, Commander in Chief. 

C. R. Brown, 33°, Hon., Prior. 

C. W. Gill, 32°, KCCH, Preceptor. 

F. B. Hudson, 33° Hon., Chancellor. 

T. W. Dealey, 32°, KCCH, Minister of State. 

C. G. Clifford, 32°, KCCH, Registrar. 

J. J. Davis, 32°, KCCH, Primate. 

C. F. Neil, 32°, KCCH, Expert. 

Wm. Scrimgeour, 33°, Hon., Almoner. 

Louis Schneider, 32°, KCCH, Treas. 

W. A. Easton, 32°, Master of C. 

E. C. Pitkin, 32°, KCCH, Stand. B. 

C. 0. Wheeler, 32°, Master of Guard, 

OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT. 

E. M. Hartrick, 32^ M. F. Mott, 32° 
Joe Seinsheimer, 32° H. C. Lange, 32° 

R. B. Talfor, 32° Simon Rosenfield, 32°, KCCH 

A. H. Wainwright, 32° Louis Litt, 32° 

F. M. Gilbough, 33°, Hon. Geo. M. Courts, 32° 

G. A. Gibbons, 32° A. L. Pierson, 32° 

The Inspector General being announced, was admitted 
and proceeded to constitute and inaugurate a Consistory 
under the distinctive name and title of Texas Consistory 
No. 1, of the State of Texas, after which he duly installed 
the elective officers, with full ceremony. 

The Commander in Chief appointed the following offi- 
cers, and duly installed them, viz: 

J. J. Davis, 32°, KCCH, Primate. 

W. A. Easton, 32°, Master of Ceremonies. 

C. F. Neil, 32°, KCCH, Expert. 



20 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

E. C. Pitkin, 32°, KCCH, Standard Bearer. 
C. O. Wheeler, 32°, KCCH, Master of the Guard 

A dispensation having been granted by the Inspector 
General to waive statutory delays, 26 applicants were 
balloted upon and elected by af f illiation ; 39 applications 
for degrees were also ballotted upon and unanimously 
elected. Several motions being offered and carried. A 
meeting of this Consistory was called for Friday, Novem- 
ber 24th, at 7:30 p. m. 

(Signed) C. G. CLIFFORD, 32°, K.C.C.H., 

THOS. G. CROFT, 32°, Registrar. 

Commander in Chief. 

There were seventeen present at the first meeting, 
August 5, 1899 ; only six are now living. There were 
eight officers elected at this meeting and five now living. 
The next meeting, November 11, 1899, there were 25 
present; of the 18 officers installed at this meeting, 6 are 
now living. 

(Date of Charter, Nov. 18, 1899.) 



DEMISED BODIES. 

Orient of Galveston, Texas, Near the B. B. Under the C. C. 
of the Zenith Which Answers to 29° 17' N. Lat. 
25th Ab. A. M. 5628. 

At Freemasons' Hall communicated to the B. B. (members 
of San Felipe Lodge of Perfection No. 1) Samuel Hidden 
Oilman, David Wakelee and Marcus F. Mott the degrees of 
the Rite from 14th to 18th, inclusive. And to B. B. Nahor 
B. Yard the 17° to 18° in presence of and assisted by Sir 
George Krausse, Prince Rose Croix, 18°, who respectively 
selected to be created as as follows : B. B. Oilman, Knight 
of Truth; Wakelee, Knight of Sincerity; Mott, Knight of 
Prudence; Yard, Knight of — 

(Signed) PHILIP C. TUCKER, 32% 

Deputy Inspector (General. 

Orient of Galveston, Texas, 

near the B. B. under the C. C. of 

the Zenith which answer to 29° 17' Latitude 

11th Tebeth A. M. 5629 

Answering to December 27th, A. D. 1868, V. E. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 21 

Issued Charter to 111. Brother J. C. Beers, 32°, B. B. 
George Krausse, 18° ; Nahor B. Yard, 18° ; W. Henry Ken- 
nedy, 18° ; Samuel Hidden Oilman, 18° ; Marcus Fulton Mott, 
18°; David Wakelee, 18°; Jacob L. Briggs, 18°; William 
Melville, 18° ; Benjamin Overfield Hamilton, Freeman W. 
Clajrton to assemble and work at Galveston as a Council of 
Princes of Jerusalem, and therein to confer the 15th and 
16th degrees of the Rite according to the constitution, stat- 
utes and customs of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 
of Free Masonry. 

Brother Ssmuel H. K'ilman, Most 111. Tarshartha. 

George Krausse, M. V. High Priest. 

Marcus F. Mott, I. Scribe. 

F. W. Clayton, Orator. 

which body will hereafter be known asi Esperanza Council, 
Princes of Jerusalem No. 1. 

Also on the same day, I issued to the same brethren a 
charter to assemble and work as a chapter of the Rose Croix 
at Galveston, Texas, to be known as Oilman Sovereign Chap- 
ter of Rose Croix No. 1 and therein to confer the degrees 
of Knight of the East and West, and Knight of the Eagle or 
Pelican and Sovereign Prince Rose Croix of Hierodam, ac- 
cording to the constitution, statutes and customs of the Rite. 

PHILIP C. TUCKER, 33°, 

S. 0. I. 0. 

First Meeting of Esperanza, Chapter of Prince of Jerusalem. 

A meeting of Prince of Jerusalem of the Ancient and 
Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry was held at Masonic 
Hall, in the City of Galveston, on the 18th day of the He- 
brew month, Tebeth, A. M. 5629, corresponding with the 1st 
day of January, 1869, V. E. 

At which Sv. Ord. Inspector General Philip C. Tucker, 
33°, presented and read a Charter emanating from the Grand 
Orient of /. S. A. 0, S. 0. U. at Charleston, in the State of 
South Carolina, near the B. B. and under the C. 0. of the 
Zenith which answers unto 32°, 46', 33", 20 L. creating and 
constituting Princes of Jerusalem. 

Samuel Hidden Oilman George Krausse 

Nahor Biggs Yard David Wakelee 

Marcus Fulton Mott W. Henry Kennedy 

Philip C. Tucker Jacob Lawrence Briggs 

Benjamin Overfield Hamilton Wm. Melville 
Freeman Walker Clayton Johnathan Sturges Beers 



22 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



A Council of Princes of Jerusalem of the 16th degree of 
the said Rite under the distinctive name and title of Es- 
peranza Council of Princes of Jerusalem No. 1 of the State 
of Texas, appointing and commissioning the valiant Brother 
Samuel Hidden Oilman to be the first Most Illustrious 
Tarshartha, the Valiant Brother George Krausse to be the 
first Most Venerable High Priest, th e Valiant Brother 
Marcus Fulton Mott to be the first Illustrious Scribe, the 
Valiant Brother Freeman Walker Clayton to be the first 
Excellent Orator. The Council was then opened informally 
and proceeded and elected the Most Valiant Brothers 

Nahor Biggs Yard. Orand Almoner 

David Wakelee, Orand Secretary 

Jacob Lawrence Briggs, Orand Treasurer 

and the Most Illustrious Tarshartha then appointed the 
Valiant Brother Benjamin Overfield Hamilton, Senior Ex- 
pert and William Melville, Captain of the Ouard. 

The petition of Brothers Milton Webb Baker, Austin Clay 
Baker and Miles Strickland, members of San Felipe Lodge 
of Perfection No. 1, of this city, were read and received, 
and on motion the ballot was passed for each Brother proved 
fair, and they were severally declared duly and constitu- 
tionally elected to receive the degrees conferred in the Coun- 
cil. 

The Council was then closed, omitting all ceremony. 

(Signed) DAVID WAKELEE, 

Last Meeting May, 1871. Or. Secretary. 

You will notice on another page, which was copied from 
the records now kept by L. M. Openheimer Chapter No. 2, 
Esperanza Council No. 1 is mentioned and it states that the 
Charter of Esperanza Council No. 1 was dated December 
27th, 1868, I presume the author (above date December 
27th, 1868) failed to find the old Record book. I copied the 
above meeting January 1st, 1869, from the original book 
of records — all of the members of Esperanza Council No. 1 
and Oilman Chapter No. 1 are dead, with the exception of 
Brother Isadore Lovenberg, who is living in Oalveston. The 
rprords show the 16° was conferred on him May 12th, 
1870 — the last meeting appears upon the Book of Records 
May 5th, 1871. The author is unable to find any record 
of Oilman Chapter No. 1, except a loose sheet I found in 
the Esperanza Book of Records, as follows: 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 23 

Esperanza Council No. 1, Princes of Jerusalem 

Samuel H. Gilman, Most 111. Tarshartha 

George Krausse, Most Venerable High Priest 

Marcus F. Mott, 111. Scribe 

F. W. Clayton, Orator 

David Wakelee, Secretary 

J. L. Briggs, Treasurer 

Benjamin Hamilton, Sr. Expert 

Wm. T. Austin, Jr. Expert 

N. B. Yard, Almoner 

W. Melville, Sentinel 

December 27th, 1868. 
11th Tebeth 5629 

Charter issued Tom S. Beers,, 32° ; George Krausse, 18° ; 
Wm. Henrv Kennedy, 18°; Samuel Hidden Gilman, 18°; 
Nahor B. Yard, 18° ; Marcus F. Mott, 1&° ; David Wakelee, 
18°; Jacob L. Briggs, 18°; William Mellville, 18°; Ben 0. 
Hamilton, 18°; Freeman W. Clayton, 18°. 

Esperanza Council, Princes of Jerusalem No. 1, Galveston. 

Officers : 
Gilman, Most 111. Tarshartha. 
Krausse, High Priest. 
Mott, Scribe. 
Clayton, Orator. 

Memorandum kept on loose sheet of paper. 

"Esperanza Tablets" 
"Esperanza" Council, Princes of Jerusalem 
Friday, January 8th, 1869. 
Opened in due Form 

S. H. Gilman, Most 111. Tarshartha. 
Geo. Krausse, M. V. H. P. 
M. F. Mott, 111. Scribe. 
F. W. Clayton, Orator. 
D. Wakelee, Secretary. 
B. 0. Hamilton, Sr. Expert. 
W. Melville, Capt. Guard. 
Brothers M. W. Baker and M. Strickland were introduced 
and the 15th or Knight of the East of the Sword conferred 
upon them in due form. 

Copy of Memorandum on Loose Page. 



24 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Gilman Chapter No. 1, Rose Croix 

S. H. Gilman, M. W. Master 
N. B. Yard, Sr. Warden 
M. F. Mott, Jr. Warden 
F. H. Clayton, Orator 
P. C. Tucker, Almoner 
David Wakelee, Secretary 
J. L. Briggs, Treasurer 
George Krausse, Mas. of Cer. 
B. 0. Hamilton, Sr. Expert 
W. T. Austin, Jr. Expert 
W. H. Kennedy, C. of H. 
W. Melville, Sentinel 

MEMORANDUM FOUND IN ARCHIVES OF PHILIP 

C. TUCKER. 

"AT OFFICE. 

Records containing Copies of Charters, Etc.: 

Waco Lodge of Perfection, No. 3. 

Corpus Christi Lodge of Perfection, No. 2. 

El Paso Lodge of Perfection. 

Palestine Lodge of Perfection. 

Esparanza Council Princess of Jerusalem. 

El Paso Chapter. 

Fort Worth, Four Bodies. No Records. 

Charters at Office, in my hands. 

Gilman Chapter Rose Croix. 

Houston Lodge of Perfection, No. 1. 

Dormant — Councils of Kadosh at Galveston and Austin. 

Gilman Chapter was organized January 8, 1869. Made 
last payment with returns 1872. Sick through 1873. Made 
report 1874 and expired leaving dues unpaid. 

JANUARY 24th, 1891. 
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE 
OF FREEMASONRY. . 

The following is an incomplete epitome of the history 
of Esperanza Council No. 1. "Princes of Jerusalem" of 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 25 

Galveston, Texas, Oilman Chapter Rose Croix No. 1 and 
L. M. Openheimer Chapter Rose Croix No. 2, both of 
Galveston, Texais, as gathered from the memory of the 
B:. B:. and loose scraps of records that were saved from 
the fire in Galveston, November 13th, 1885, nearly all of 
the books and records of these bodies being at that time 
in possession of Bro. C. O. Bingham, 32°, (now deceased), 
who was then W.: M. : of L. M., Openheimer Chapter 
Rose Croix No. 2. 

On December 27th, 1868, a temporary charter was is- 
sued by S.: G.: I.: Gen. Philip C. Tucker 33° to B. : B.: 
Jonathan S. Beers 32°, George Krausse 18°, Wm. H. Ken- 
nedy 18°, Samuel H. Oilman 18°, Nahor B. Yard, 18°, 
Marcus F. Mott 18°, David Wakelee 18°, Jacob L. Briggs 18°, 
Wm. Melville 18°, Benjamin 0. Hamilton 18°, and Free- 
man W. Clayton 18°, forming them into a Council of 
Princes of Jerusalem of the 16th degree under the name 
and title of Esperanza No. 1 of Galveston, Texas. 

These B. : B. : met on the first day of January 1869, 
and Esperanza Council No. 1, P.: of J.:, was constituted 
and inaugurated by the Inspector General Philip Crosby 
Tucker 33°. The names of its first officers and what can 
be learned as to the business transacted will be found in 
book "A" from the date of its inauguration to the 25th 
day of March, 1870. On or about this date this council 
in common with other councils in this jurisdiction merged 
into the Chapter of Rose Croix by an edict of the Supreme 
Council on which record will be found all the work done 
thereafter in the 15th and 16th degree. 

On the same date, December 27th, 1868, a temporary 
charter was granted by the Insp. : Gen. : to the same B. : 
B. : that formed Esperanza Council for a Chapter of Rose 
Croix and on January 1st, 1869, they were constituted and 
inaugurated under the name and title of Oilman Chapter 
No. 1, of Galveston with the following as first officers : 

Samuel H. Oilman 18°, W. M.; Nahor B. Yard 18° Sr. 
W.; Marcus F. Mott 18°, Jr. W.; Freeman W. Clayton 18°, 
Orator; Philip C. Tucker 33°, Almoner; David Wakelee 
18°, Secretary; Jacob L. Briggs 18°, Treasurer; Geo. 
Krausse 18°, M. C; Benj. 0. Hamilton 18°, Sr. Ex.; Wm. 
T. Austin 18°, J. Ex.; Wm. H. Kennedy 18,° Cap. of the 
Host; Wm. Melville 18°, Tyler. 



26 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

PETITION FOR ROSE CROIX CHAPTER. 
TO THE GLORY OF THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF 
THE UNIVERSE. 

In the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of 
America of the obedience of the Supreme Council of 33" 
for said Jurisdiction, whose See is at Charleston, S. C. 

To the Sov. Gr. Inspector General and active member 
of said Supreme Council for the State of Texas. 

The Knights of the Rose Croix residents of Galveston 
and other places in the State of Texas, beg leave to refer 
to the fact that Oilman Chapter created December 27th, 
1868, V. E., after the removal of its former Wise Master 
Brother S. H. Oilman from the State of Texas, Brother 
Krausse and others from the City, and the death of B. B. 
J. G. Beers, 32°, I. P. Werner, 32°, J. L. Briggs, 32°, Wm. 
T. Austin, 32°, M. W. Baker, 32°, ceased to prosper and 
expired by operation of law, and that for years past the 
only body of the Rite at Galveston has been and is San 
Felipe Lodge of Perfection No. 1, that the number of good 
Knights in the City at this time is nineteen, that they are 
desirous to organize a Chapter at Galveston and to pro- 
ceed with proper assiduity to create Rose Croix and ad- 
vance the interest of Freemasonry by teaching the lessons 
and principles inculcated in the degrees within the bosom 
of such a Chapter to which and they pray for Letters of 
Constitution to issue to them congregating them into a 
regular Chapter of Rose Croix according to the Constitu- 
tion, Statutes and Usages of the Rite, providing that said 
Chapter and members shall always obey, observe and be 
governed by the regulations of the year 1762, the Grand 
Constitution and Scottish Institutes of the year 1786, the 
Ancient ' Statutes Knights Rose Croix, and the Statutes 
Intendates and Orders of said Supreme Council of 33° to 
whom it shall always be loyal and bear true allegiance, 
and whose lawful officers and representatives it shall 
obey according to the usages of the Rite in default whereof 
it shall forfeit its Letters of Constitution, and they pray that 
the usual fee for Charter or Letters be not exacted from 
them at this time, nor until the Supreme Council act upon 
their application in regard thereto. 

They suggest that said Chapter be known as Galveston 
Chapter No. 1, and for its officers, while under Tem- 
porary Letters of Constitution. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 27 

The Bro. & Knight 111. Marcus F. Mott, as M. W. Master 
The Bro. & Knight 111. Miles Strickland, as M. E. S. W. 
The Bro. & Knight 111. James Parham Evans,as M. E. Jr. W. 
The Bro. & Knight 111. B. Woodard LeCompte, as M.V. Orator 
The Bro. & Knight 111. J. Johnson McBride, as M.V.Almoner 
The Bro. & Knight 111. David Wakelee, as M. V. Sec'y. 
The Bro. & Knight Ill.Nahor Biggs Yard, as M. V. Treas'r. 
The Bro. & Knight 111, B. B. Richardson, as M. V. M. C. 
may be appointed. 

They further pray for the custody of the Record and 
Assets of Oilman Chapter aforesaid that they may be pre- 
served for the benefit of the Rite. 

Respectfully submitted, 
Adar 29, 1878, V. E. 

L. M. Openheimer, 32° D. Wakelee, 32° 

B. B. Richardson, 32° J. J. McBride, 32° 

H. A. Oilpin, 32° A. 0. Baker, 32° 

M. F. Mott, 32° Wm. Melville, 32° 

N. B. Yard, 32° Jas. F. Miller, 32° 

M. Strickland, 32° John R. Fretwell, 18° 

T. Lovenberg, 18° B. W. LeCompte, 30° 

James Sorley, 18° J. P. Evans, 30° 

Augustus Wakelee, 18° H. A. Vaughn, 30° 

W. S. Clayton, 18° 



''Dei Optimi Maximi Fontis Ac Originis Omnium Rerum 

Ad Gloriam". 

LUX E TENEBRIS ORDO AB CHAO. 

DEUS MEUMQUE JUS 

From the Orient of Galveston, Texas, U. S. A., near the 
B. B. under the C. C. at that zenith which answers to 
the 29° 18^ 17" North Latitude. The Supreme Council, 
(Mother Council of the World) of the Sovereigns, the 
Grand Inspector General, Grand Elect Knights of the 
Holy House of the Temple, Grand Commanders of the 
Empire of the 33° and last degree of the Ancient & Ac- 
cepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, for the Southern 
Jurisdiction of the United States, having its See at* Charles- 
ton in the State of South Carolina, acting thereunder by 
its active member at said Orient who is Ex Officio its 
Deputy. 



28 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



TO 

All the Brethren, Knights, Princes and Inspectors Gen- 
eral of the Rite, to whom this Letter may come: 

HEALTH STABILITY POWER 

KNOW YE : That, 

Whereas, on this Seventh day of the Hebrew month 
Veadar A. M. 5638, answering to the 13th day of March, 
1878 V. E., there has been presented to us at said Orient 
a petition from the following named Brethren and Knights 
of the Rose Croix of Hierodom, residents of the State of 
Texas who are officially known with us as such, (as are 
also their Masonic grade and ability respectively), to-wit: 
The 111. Bro. L. M. Openheimer, 32° 
The 111. Bro. Benjamin Ball Richardson, 32° 
The 111. Bro. Henry Addington Gilpin, 32° 
The 111. Bro. Marcus Fulton Mott, 32° 
The 111. Bro. Nahor Biggs Yard, Knight Com. Court of 

Honor 32° 
The 111. Bro. Miles Strickland, 32° 
The 111. Bro. David Wakelee, 32° 
The 111. Bro. John Johnstone McBride, 32° 
The 111. Bro. Austin Clay Baker, 32° 
The 111. Bro. WilHam Melville, 32° 
The 111. Bro. James T. Miller, 32° 

The good Knights Kadosh, Bros. Benjamin Woodward 
Le Compte, 30°, James Parkham Evans, 30°, Hector Allan 
Vaughn, 30°, The Brethren and Knights of the Rose Croix, 
John Richard Fretwell, 18°, Isadore Lovenberg, 18°, James 
Sorley, 18°, Augustus Wakelee, 18°, F. W. Clayton, 18°, in 
which they asked to be congregated as Knights of the Rose 
Croix, and constituted a just, regular and perfect Chapter 
of Rose Croix, they, their associates and successors, at 
Galveston aforesaid to be designated as Galveston Chap- 
ter No. 1, with all the rights and powers appertaining 
by usages and statutes to such a Masonic Body. 

Now therefore we the Sov. Gr. Inspector General and 
active member of said Supreme Council of 33°, at this 
Orient, charged with such duties and fully empowered in 
the premises do grant the request of said petitioners and 
do congregate said Brethren as such a Chapter and do 
issue to them these 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 29 



Letters Patent of Constitution 

creating" and constituting them and their associates a just, 
regular and perfect Chapter of Rose Croix of Hierodom, 
to be holden at Galveston aforesaid and designated 



Galveston Chapter No. 1 

and do invest them, thier associates and successors with 
power to meet, work and transact all legitimate Masonic 
business as such a Chapter in accordance with the usages 
and laws of the Rite including within it a Council of 
Princes of Jerusalem as a Chamber of said Chapter in 
accordance with Section (7) Seven, Article XXIX of the 
Statutes of the Supreme Council, and do authorize the 
officers herein appointed when the requisite number of 
Princes, or Knights of the Rose Croix, are present at 
proper times appointed by the Chapter therefor, after 
proper balloting in each case and favorable results ac- 
cording to the custom in such cases, to confer upon proper 
applicants so declared worthy, the degrees of this Rite 
from 14° to 18° inclusive, viz: Knight of the East, Prince 
of Jerusalem, Knight of the East and West, and Knight 
of Rose Croix of Hierodom, exacting and receiving such 
fee or charge therefor as the Statutes of the Supreme 
Council of 33° may authorize. And said Chapter and its 
membership lare charged to bear true allegiance to said 
Supreme Council, to be loyal thereto, to observe and obey 
its statutes and edicts, and the lawful Masonic orders of 
its M. P. Sov. Gr. Commander, and its other official rep- 
resentatives, and to be governed thereby and by the regu- 
lations of the year 1762, the Gr. Constitutions and true 
Secret Institutes of the year 1786 and the Ancient 
Statutes of the Knights Rose Croix: — in default of any of 
which conditions this Letter Patent shall thereby be re- 
voked and held for naught. 

And we do appoint the following office bearers to hold 
their respective offices until their successors shall have 
been lawfully appointed or elected, and installed; the 
other officers to be appointed by the M. W. Master, to 
hold each office respectively during his incumbency unless 
sooner removed by him. 

The Bro. and Knight, Marcus Fulton Mott, 32°, M. W. 
Master. 

The Bro. and Knight, Miles Strickland, 32°, M. E. Sr. 
Warden. 



30 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

The Bro. and Knight, James Parkham Evans, 32°, M. V. 
Jr. Warden. 

The Bro. and Knight, Benjamin Woodward Lre Compte, 
30°, M. V. Orator. 

The Bro. and Knight, John Johnstone McBride, 32°, 
M. V. Almoner. 

The Bro. and Knight, David Wakelee, 32°, M. V. SecV- 

The Bro. and Knight, Nahor Biggs Yard, 32°, M. V. 
Treas. 

The Bro. and Knight, Benjamin Ball Richardson, 32°, 
M. V. M. C. 
and further: 

Said Chapter is appointed custodian of the Archives 
and assets of the late Oilman Chapter No. 1 at said Oal- 
veston, extinct. 

Donatrev ut Supra. 

(Seal) (Signed) PHILIP CROSBY TUCKER, 33° 

Sov. Or. Inspector General, Active Member of 
the Supreme Council of 33° A. & A. Scottish 
Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Juris- 
diction of the United States of America : — from 
Texas, and Ex Officio its Deputy for the State 
of Texas. 



OLEANDER COUNCIL 

TO THE GLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF 

THE UNIVERSE. 

Dieu leveut Odo Ab Chao. 

IN DEO FIDUCIA NOSTRA 

By the active member of the Supreme Council (Mother 
Council of the World) , of the Inspector's General, Knights 
Commanders of the House of the Temple of Solomon, of 
the 33d degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 
of Texas Masons, for the Southern Jurisdiction of the 
United States, whose See is at the Grand Orient of Hiero- 
dom at Charleston in the State of South Carolina near 
the B. B. and under the C. C. of that Zenith which an- 
swers unto 32° 46" 33' N. Latitude, who is on duty and 
in charge of the Freemasonry of said Rite and for the 
State of Texas, acting by the Authority, in its name, in 
accordance with the Constitutions and usages of the Rite 
and the Statutes of said Supreme Council, 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 31 

WHEREAS 

Louis M. Openheimer, 32° Benjamin F. Disbrow, 32° 

Nahor B. Yard, 32° William K. Alpine, 32° 

Austin C. Baker, 32° Nathaniel H. Ricker, 32° 

Louis Schneider, 32° CaJvin W. Preston, 32° 

Marcus F. Mott, 32° Theodore Goldman, 32° 

Horace A. Morse, 32° Herman C. Lange, 32° 

Philip Vogel, 30° Andrew M. Munn, 32° 

John T. McCormack, 32° Wm. M. Andrews, 32° 

John Mealy, 32° Wm. Melville, 32° 

Frank D. Harrar, 32° James S. Sullivan, 32° 

John L. Garwood, 32° Wm. Scrimgeour, 32° 
Benjamin W. LeCompte, 32° Adolph F. Cykoski, 32° 

Dexter G. Hitchcock, 32° Austin B. ChamberHn, 32° 

Stephen D. Moore, 32° Residents of Galveston 

and other places within one day's travel of said Galveston 
in the State of Texas, well known to me as Master of the 
Royal Secret, 32° of said Rite, have applied to the said 
Active member to be congregated into, and constituted 
into a Preceptory of the 30° of said Rite, now therefore 
well knowing the zeal, intelligence and Masonic ability 
of said petitioners to accomplish such an undertaking, 
and sustain the usefulness and influence of such a body 
of Freemasons, I do by, and in the name of the Supreme 
Council aforesaid create and constitute said Brethren and 
Knights Kadosh a Preceptory of such from this day forth 
and do empower them to meet as such Preceptory at said 
Galveston by and under the distinctive title of 

Oleander Preceptory No. 2. 

of the State of Texas, and do warrant and empower them 
in said Preceptory, to make Knights Kadosh conferring 
all the degrees of said Rite, from the Nineteenth to the 
Thirteenth degrees of said Rite inclusive, according to the 
Constitutions, and Statutes and usages of the Rite, always 
selecting therefor, good Knights of the Rite who have duly 
taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance to our Said 
Supreme Council and observed the same, and as good 
Knights Kadosh to labor for the good of Masonry, their 
Country and humanity and enjoy all the rights, benefits 
and prerogatives of a regular and duly constituted Pre- 
ceptory of the Kadosh. 

And such Active Member I do appoint and Commission, 



32 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

the Brother Calvin W. Preston, 32°, to be the First Sir 
Preceptor, Brother Theodore Goldman, 32°, to be the First 
Sub. Preceptor, and the Brother Louis Schneider, 32% 
to be the First Second Sub. Preceptor, the Brother Nahor 
B. Yard, 32°, to be the First Orator, the Brother Benja- 
min W. LeCompte, 32°, to be the First Almoner, Brother 
Adolph F. Cykoski, 32°, to be the First Recorder, Brother 
Benjamin F. Disbrow, 32°, to be First Treasurer, Brother 
William Scrimgeour, 32°, to be the First Marshall of 
Ceremonies, Brother William Morgan Andrews, 32°, to 
be the First Turcopilier, Brother John Mealy, 32°, to be 
the First Draper, Brother Horace H. Morse, 32°, to be the 
First Deacon, Brother Nathaniel H. Ricker, 32°, to be 
the First Second Deacon, Brother Frank D. Harrar, 32°, 
to be the First Bearer of the Beauseant, Brother Austin 
B. Chamberlin, 32°, to be the First Bearer of the Sword 
Banner, Brother Andrew Munn, 32°, to be the First Bearer 
of the Third Banner, Brother John T. McCormack, 32°, 
to be the First Lieutenant of the Guard, Brother William 
Melville, 32°, to be the First Sentinel. 

May the said Preceptory be fortunate and useful. 

In testimony whereof, I as the Active Member afore- 
said do issue these Letters Temporary and affix my seal 
hereto this 22d day of the Hebrew Month Ellul, 5642, 
or the 9th day of September, 1882, V. E. 

(Signed) PHILIP C. TUCKER, 33°, 

Inspector General and Active Member. 



OLEANDER COUNCIL KADOSH. 

A meeting was held at the Masonic Hall Orient of Texas, 
Valley of Galveston, on the 12th day of the Hebrew 
month Nisan A. M., 5642, corresponding to the 25th day 
of September V. E. 1882. 

There were present 111. Phihp C. Tucker, 33°, S. G. 
I., General of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United 
States of America, C. W. Preston, L. Schneider, N. B. 
Yard, W. Scrimgeour, W. M. Andrews, A. Munn, J. T. 
McCormack, W. Melville, B. F. Disbrow and A. F. Cykoski 
and visiting Sir W. L. Stanford of Eagle Council Kadosh 
No. 1, New Orleans, La. 

Sir P. C. Tucker, 33° S. G. I. G., assisted by Sir W. L. 
Stanford, as Prior, proceeded to constitute and inaugurate 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 33 



Oleander Kadosh No. 1, after which the officers of this 
Council were installed in due and ancient form. 

C. W. Preston, Preceptor. 

L. Schneider, 2d Sub, Preceptor. 

N. B. Yard, Orator. 

A. F. Cykoski, Recorder, 

B. F. Disbrow, Treasurer. 
W. Scrimgeour, Marshal. 
W. M. Andrews, Turcopilier. 
A. Munn, Bearer 3d Banner. 

J. T. McCormack, Lieutenant of the Guard. 
W. Melville, Sentinel 

After the Installation, Sir Philip C. Tucker, 33°, in- 
vited the Preceptor to take his seat in the East. 

It was proposed to hold the Stated Meeting of the Pre- 
ceptory on the fourth Friday of each month, at 7:30 
o'clock p. m. 

There being no further business, the Council was closed. 

Attest : 
A. F. Cykoski, Recorder. C. W. Preston, Preceptor. 



OLEANDER PRECEPTORY NO 1— "LAST MEETING." 

A Stated Meeting of Oleander Preceptory No. 1 of 
Knights Kadosh, A. A. S. R., was held in the Masonic 
Temple at the Orient of Galveston, Friday Evening, the 
30th day of January, A. D. 1885, corresponding to the 
day of the Hebrew Month A. M. 5644 : 

Officers present: 

Leopold Weiss, 30°, Acting Preceptor. 

C. O. Bingham, 32°, Assist. 1st Sub. Preceptor. 
F. D. Harrar, 32°, Asst. 2d Sub. Preceptor. 
N. B. Yard, 33°, Hon., Orator. 

W. M. Andrews, 32°, TurcopiHer. 

D. Guthrie, 32°, B of 2d Banner. 
Wm. Scrimgeour, 32°, M. C. 
Wm. Melville, 32°, Sentinel. 

H. H. Morse, 32°, Recorder. 

The minutes of last meeting of January 25th were read 
and approved. Brother C. 0. Bingham gave an interesting 
account to the Lodge of his recent visit to Fort Worth 
Consistory No. 1, and the eventful occasion of its inaugu- 



84 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

ration and the Installation of Officers, and also described 
the elegant paraphernalia and working tools of said Con- 
sistory. There being no further business before the Lodge, 
the Preceptory closed in due and Ancient form. 

Leopold Weiss, 30°, H. H. Morse, 

Acting Preceptor. Recorder. 

It is presumed that Oleander Council No. 1 derived its 
name from the bush or shrub known as Oleander, it is the 
common name for the shrub known to the botanists as 
Nerium Oleander, it is a native of the Mediterranean 
and Levant. 

It is said in the course of the Peninsular War some 
French soldiers died in consequence of employing skewers 
made from freshly cut twigs of Oleander for roasting 
their meat; this shrub is of numerous varities, it grows 
luxuriently in the Gulf Coast, especially on Galveston 
Island and of many Colours. 

• Galveston is the Mother of Scottish Rite Masonry in 
Texas. San Felipe Lodge of Perfection No. 1 was estab- 
lished Msy 15, 1867, now forty nine years ago; hence, 
it is the Mother of all Bodies in Texas. During the 
early years of its existence, with only a few members, 
they had a hard struggle to keep the Body alive. About 
the year 1882 new blood was added, and a Rose Croix 
Chapter whs instituted. The members soon realized the 
importance of exemplifying the work in full and ample 
form. In order to create an interest and propagate the 
Rite, it was then agreed that none of the Degrees would 
be communicated, which has been adhered to strictly since 
that time. From that time the membership began to in- 
crease rapidly. In 1898 a Council of Kadosh was petitioned 
for and granted. In 1902 the present Cathedral was 
purchased and remodeled from time to time, until it is 
now one of the finest and best equipped Scottish Rite 
Cathedrals in the Southern Jurisdiction, valued at about 
$200,000.00. In 1899 Letters Temporary for a Consistory 
was granted, and the Brethren from Dallas, Crockett, 
Beaumont, Orange and Houston displayed great interest 
in the work, as each of them put on a Degree Team and 
attended every Reunion for several years. Beaumont, 
Orange and Houston still keep up the good work. The 
Galveston Bodies have the distinction of being the first 
in the Southern Jurisdiction to confer all the Degrees 




^ H 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 35 



from the Fourth to the Thirty-second, inclusive, without 
book or memorandum. 

When James D. Richardson, 33% Sovereign Grand Com- 
mander, visited Galveston, March 2, 1907, he said in his 
address to the Bodies, ''My pleasure has been enhanced by 
being afforded the opportunity of seeing that which I 
had never seen before ; namely, the conferring at a Re- 
union of every one of the Degrees of the Rite from the 4° 
to the 32°, inclusive. With the Bodies here every Degree 
is ''Independent". 

AUSTIN BODIES. 

LODGE OF. PERFECTION. 

DEI OPTIMI MAXIMI UNIVERSITATIS RERUM FON- 

TIS AC ORIGINIS AD GLORIAM. 
IN DEO FIDUCIA NOSTRA 

Orient of Austin in the State of Texas, the fourth day 
of the Hebrew month A. M. 5642, the twenty-sixth 
day of November, 1881, V. E. 

Albert Pike, Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, 
(Mother Council of the World), of the Inspectors Gen-- 
eral. Knight Commanders of the House of the Temple of 
Solomon, of the 33rd Degree of the Ancient land Accepted 
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, for the Southern Jurisdic- 
tion of the United States of America, Unto all whom it 
may concern: 

Know ye that the Brethren and perfect Elus of the 
fourteenth degree of the Rite aforesaid, John Wright 
Glenn, 32°, Henry Lincoln Carleton, John McDonald, John 
Wesley Robertson, Fred Sterzing, John Knox Donnan, Tom 
Murrah, Dennis Corwin, Frank Wright Glenn, John 
Rufus Blocker, Joseph Charles Petmecky, James William 
La Rue, Mortimer Pierson Summerrow, Newell McDonald, 
Adolph Goldman, 32°, Walter Tips and Nathan Curtis 
Strong, residing in or near the said City of Austin, having 
in due form preferred to me their prayer to be constituted 
a Lodge of Perfection of that Degree thereat, and for the 
miauguration of such Lodge, by the name and title of 
Fidelity Lodge of Perfection, No. Four, of the State of 
Texas and for the installation of the officers thereof; 
and everything in that behalf required by the Statutes 
having been done and consented to by them and the 



36 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Brethren hereinafter named having been duly elected and 
appointed respectively to be officers: 

Therefore, I, the said Grand Commander, have on this 
day proceeded to constitute, and have constituted and in- 
augurated the said Lodge of Perfection composed of the 
Brethren land Perfect Elus aforesaid, in ample form, and 
it is now established, to be known as aforesaid, and to sit 
and work at the Orient aforesaid; and I have thereupon 
installed in office the Brethren elected and appointed, the 
former to serve from this time forward, until the end 
of the full term of three years from and after the 22nd 
day of February, 1882, and until their successors shall 
be elected and installed, and the latter to serve during the 
pleasure of the Venerable Master, that is to say: 

In the office of Venerable Master, the Bro. John Wright 
Glenn, 32°. 

In that of Senior Warden, the Bro. Henry Lincoln 
Carleton. 

In that of Junior Warden, the Bro. John McDonald. 

In that of Orator, the Bro. John Wesley Robertson, 

In that of Almoner, the Bro. Fred Sterzing. 

In that of Secretary, the Bro. Tom Murrah. 

In that of Treasurer, the Bro. John Knox Donnan. 

In that of Master of Ceremonies, the Bro. Dennis Corwin. 

In. that of Expert, the Bro. Frank Wright Glenn. 

In that of Assistant Expert, the Bro. John Rufus Blocker. 

In that of Captain of the Host, the Bro. Joseph Charles 
Petmecky. 

In that of Tiler, the Bro. James William La Rue. 

And the said Brethren having taken the vows of Alle- 
giance and office, and having been duly charged, and as- 
sumed their stations and places, I do hereby declare and 
proclaim that Fidelity Lodge of Perfection No. Four, 
aforesaid, is duly constituted and inaugurated, and its of- 
ficers installed, and its works duly opened by me and in 
full vigor. May it have prosperity and continuance. 

In perpetual Testimony whereof, I do now hereunto set 
my hand and affix the seal of my arms of office, at the 
Orient aforesaid, the day and year aforesaid. 

(SEAL) Albert Pike, 33°, 

Grand Commander. 

A. & A. S. R. For the Southern Jurisdiction of the 
United States, Fidelity Lodge of Perfection No. 4. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 37 

Second Meeting. 
2nd day of December, 1881. 

At a called meeting held this evening there were pres- 
ent John W. Glenn, 32°, V. M. ; John McDonald, Junior 
Warden; Tom Murrah, Secretary; Frank W.' Glenn, 
Expert; Brothers Newell McDonald, Charles S. Morse 32% 
Adolph Goldman 32°, and the two latter Deputy Inspec- 
tors General. 

The V. M. appointed Bro. Newell McDonald, Sentinel 
pro tem. 

The Lodge was then opened in due form. 

Deputy Inspector General Adolph Goldman 32°, from 
the Committee on Hall, which had been appointed by the 
Ven. Master during the past week, reported that satis- 
factory arrangements had been made with the chapter for 
the use of Masonic Hall, subject to the approval of Aus- 
tin Lodge A. F. & A. M. 

The Venerable Master appointed the following committee 
on by-laws: A. Goldman 32°, Deputy Inspector General; 
H. L. Carleton, S. W., and John McDonald, J. W. 

On motion of A. Goldman 32°, Deputy Inspector Gen- 
eral, the fee for the degrees from the 4th to the 14th was 
fixed at $35.00. 

On motion the Lodge fixed the time for its regular 
meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings in 
each month, until the adoption of our By-Laws. The next 
regular meeting to be held on the second Tuesday evening 
in the present month. 

There being no further business the Lodge was then 
closed with ceremony. 

Approved: Tom Murrah, 

Secretary. 
Third Meeting. 

13th December, 1881. 

At a regular meeting of the Lodge held this evening, 
there were present John W. Glenn 32, V. M.; Henry L. 
Carleton, S. W.; John McDonald, J. W.; John W. Rob- 
ertson, Orator; Fred Sterzing, Almoner, Tom Murrah, Sec- 
retary; John K. Donnan, Treasurer; Dennis Corwin, Mas- 
ter of Ceremonies; Frank W. Glenn, Expert ; Alexander 
Gardner, Assistant Expert; James W. La Rue, Tiler, and 
Adolph Goldman, 32°, Deputy Inspector General. 

The Lodge was opened in due form. 



38 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Minutes of the called meeting held on the 2nd inst. read, 
corrected and approved. 

The Almoner made his report which showed that there 
was 75 cents in hand. 

The following appointed officer was installed, Alexander 
Gardner, Assistant Expert. 

Bro. A. Goldman, chairman of the committee on by- 
laws made the following report. See manuscript copy of 
by-laws for said report. 

The Committee on Hall reported that Austin Lodge, A. 
F. & A. M., had approved the action of the Chapter al- 
lowing this Lodge the use of the Hall until July, 1882, at 
the rate of $40.00 per annum. 

Report adopted and committee discharged. 

On motion the Secretary was instructed to procure the 
necessary stationery for the use of the Lodge. 

On motion the V. M. appointed Bros. John W. Robert- 
son, Fred Sterzing, John K. Donnan and Tom Murrah a 
committee on a seal and blank stationery for the Lodge. 

The V. M. reported that he had received the supply of 
books for the Lodge which was properly distributed among 
the officers of the Lodge. 

There being no further business the lodge was then 
closed without ceremony. 

Approved: Tom Murrah, 

Secretary, 
Fidelity Lodge of Perfection No. 4. 
Charter is dated March 17, 1883. 

Charter Members. 

Henry Lincoln Carleton. Alexander Gardner. 

John McDonald. Joseph Charles Petmecky. 

John Knox Donnan. James William, La Rue. 

John Wesley Robertson. John Rufus Blocker. 

Fred Sterzing. John Wright Glenn. 

Tom Murrah. ^Adclph Goldman. 

Newell McDonald. Mortimer Pierson Summerrow 

Dennis Corwin. Nathan Curtis Strong. 

Frank Wright Glenn. Walter Tips. 

OFFICERS. 

Henry L. Carleton, V. M. 

John McDonald, S. W. 

John Knox Donnan, Jun. Warden. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 39 

John W. Robertson, Orator. 
Tom Murrah, Secretary. 
Newell McDonald, Treasurer. 
Dennis Corwin, Master of Cer. 
Fred Sterzing, Almoner. 

PHILIP C. TUCKER CHAPTER NO. 1. 

First Meeting. 
Masonic Hall ,Austin, Texas, Jan. 8, 1882. 

In accordance with previous arrangements the follow- 
ing named Perfect Elus, members of Fidelity Lodge of 
Perfection No. 4, A. & A. S. R. : J. W. La Rue, John 
McDonald, Newell McDonald, Henry L. Carleton, N. C. 
Strong, Fred Sterzing end M. P. Summerrow met A. Gold- 
man, 32°, Deputy Inspector General for the Central Prov- 
ince of Texas, who being assisted by Charles S. Morse, 32°, 
a Knight Commander of the Court of Honor, and Deputy 
Inspector General of the Northern Province of Texas, and 
John W. Glenn, 32°, and Venerable Master of Fidelity 
Lodge No. 4, communicated the degrees from the Fifteenth 
to the Eighteenth to the above named brethren. 

After which they went into the election of Officers for 
the next three years, which resulted as follows: 
B. John W. Glenn, Wise Master. 
B. Henry L. Carleton, Senior Warden. 
B. John McDonald, Junior Warden. 
B. M. P. Summerrow, Orator. 
B. Fred Sterzing, Almoner. 
B. Tom Murrah, Secretary. 
B. Newell McDonald, Treasurer. 

After which by a unanimous vote the Chapter was 
called Philip C. Tucker Chapter No. 1, Rose Croix. 

The cash receipts for the evening were as follows : 

Fred Sterzing $20.00 

N. C. St^^ong 20.00 

Jno. McDonald 20.00 

Newell McDonald 20.00 

M. P. Summerrow 20.00 

Total $100.00 

A sketch of the above was furnished me by a Gold- 
mann, 32°. Tom Murrah, 

Secretary. 



40 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Second Meeting. 

Orient of Hierodom at the City of Austin, and State of 
Texas, under the Zenith which answers to the 30° 30' 
North Latitude. 

Masonic Hall January 31st, 1882, V. E. 

In pursuance with previous arrangements Adolph Gold- 
man, 32°, and Deputy Inspector General who being as- 
sisted by Charles Solomon Morse, 32°, a Knight Com- 
mander of the Court of Honor, inaugurated Philip C. 
Tucker Chapter of Knights Rose Croix No. 1, by the in- 
stallation of the following officers elect, to- wit: 

John W. Glenn, 32°, Wise Master. 

Henry L. Carleton, Senior Warden. 

John McDonald, Junior Warden. 

Mortimer P. Summerrow, Orator. 

Tom Murrah, Secretary. 

Newell McDonald, Treasurer, 
and Fred Sterzing, Almoner. 

During the instalhtion ceremonies, Mrs. J. W. Glenn, 
Mrs. L. M. Crooker, Miss Ella R. Carter, Miss Bertha 
Goldman, and others furnished appropriate music in a 
very handsome manner. 

After which the Chapter and its guests repaired to the 
Banquet Hall where a handsome supper had been prepared 
for the occasion by Bro. Newell McDonald, and thus the 
meeting closed. 

Tom Murrah, 

Secretary. 



Third Meeting. 7th of February, 1882. Called meeting. 

J. W. Glenn, 32°, W. M. 
H. L. Cavleton, S. W. 
John McDonald, J. W. 
M. P. Summerrow, Orator. 
Fred Sterzing, Almoner. 
Tom Murrah, Secretary. 
Newell McDonpld, Treasurer. 
J. W. LaRue, Tiler. 
Meeting called to communicate the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 
18th degi-ees to the following: 
John K. Donnan, 
Joseph C. Petmecky, Dennis Corwin and Alex Gardner. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 41 

DEI OPTIMI MAXIMI UNIVERSITATIS RERUM 
FONTIS AC ORIGINIS AD GLORIAM. 
IN DEO FIDUCIA NOSTRA. 

Orient of Austin in the State of Texas, the 10th day 
of the Hebrew month Schebet A. M., 5641, the 31st day of 
January, 1882, V. E. 

We, Philip Crosby Tucker, 33°, Inspector General, Ac- 
tive Member of the Supreme Council (Mother Council of 
the World), of the Inspectors General, Knight Command- 
ers of the House of the Temple of Solomon, of the 33rd 
Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free- 
masonry, for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United 
States of America, unto all whom it may concern. 

Know ye that the Brethren and Knights of the 18tli 
Degree of the Rite aforesaid, Adolph Goldman, 32°, John 
Wright Glenn, 32°, Henry Lincoln Carleton, 18° John Mc- 
Donald, 18°, Tom Murrah, 32°, Nathan C. Strong, Newell 
McDonald, James W. LaRue, Mortimer Pierson Summer- 
row and Fred Sterzing, residing in or near the said City 
of Austin, having in due form presented to me their prayer 
to be constituted a Chapter of that Degree thereat, and 
for the inauguration of such Chapter, by the name and 
title of Philip C. Tucker Rose Croix Chapter No. 1, of the 
State of Texas, and for the installation of the officers 
thereof ; and everything in that behalf required by the 
Statutes having been done and consented to by them, and 
the Brethren hereinafter named having been duly elected 
and appointed respectively to be officers. 

Therefore, as I could not attend in person, my Deputy 
Inspector for the Central Province acting for me. Brother 
Adolph Goldman, 32°, I have on this day proceeded to 
constitute, and have constituted and inaugurated the said 
Rose Croix Chapter composed of the Brethren and Knights 
aforesaid, in ample form, and it is now established, to be 
known as aforesaid, and to sit and work at the Orient 
aforesaid; and I have thereupon installed in office the 
Brethren elected and appointed, the former to serve from 
this time forward, until the end of the full term of three 
years from and after the Thursday after Easter, 1882,. 
V. E., and until their successors shall be elected and in- 
stalled, and the latter to serve during the pleasure of the. 
Chapter, that is to say: 

In the office of Wise Master the Bro. John W. Glenn, 32". 
In that of Senior Warden, the Bro. Henry L. Carleton, 181 



42 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

In that of Junior Warden, the Bro. John McDonald, 18°. 

In that of Orator, the Brother, 

In that of Almoner, the Bro. 

In that of Secretary, the Bro. Tom Murrah, 30°. 

In that of Treasurer, the Bro. Newell McDonald. 

In that of Master of Ceremonies, the Bro. 

In that of Expert, the Brother. 

In that of Assistant Expert, the Bro. 

In that of Standard Bearer, the Bro. 

In that of Guardian Temple, the Bro. 

and in that of Tiler 

And the said Brethren having taken the vows of Al- 
legiance and office, and having been duly charged, by said 
Deputy Inspector General for me, gnd assumed their sta- 
tions and places, I do hereby declare and proclaim that 
Philip C. Tucker Rose Croix Chapter No. 1 aforesaid, ^'s 
duly constituted and inaugurated, and its officers in- 
stalled, and its works duly opened by me and in full vigor. 
May it have prosperity and continuance. 

In perpetual testimony whereof, I do now 
hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of my 
arms of office, at the Orient aforesaid, the 
day and year aforesaid. 

(Seal) PHILIP CROSBY TUCKER, 33° 

Inspector General, Active Member of our said 
Sup. Council of 33° on duty in and for the 
State of Texas. 

Charter is dated 22nd day of Tebeth, A. M. 5642. (No 
other date.) 

Charter Members. 

Adolph Goldman, 32°. 

John Wright Glenn, 32°. 

Henry Lmcoln Carleton, 18°. 

John McDonald, 18°. 

Tom Murrah, 18°. 

Nsthan Curtis Strong, 18°. 

Newell McDonald, 18°. 

James W. Larue, 18°. 

Mortimer Pearson Summerrow, 18°. 

and Fred Sterzing, 18°. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 43 



OFFICERS. 

John W. Glenn, Wise Master. 
Fenry L. Carleton, S. W. 
John McDonald, Junior Warden.^ 
Mortimer P. Summerrow, Orator. 
(Note. The 22nd of Tebeth, 5642, seems to correspond 
to the 2nd January, 1883.) 



ORIENT OF TEXAS, VALLEY OF AUSTIN. 

On Thursday, Febi-uary 18th, 1915, Illustrious Brother 
Sam P. Cochran, 33°, S. G. I. G., in Texas, called together 
the Scottish Rite Masons of the 30th and higher degrees 
at a meeting held in the Scottish Rite Cathedral and there- 
upon instituted James D. Richardson Council of Knights 
Kadosh, No. 4, with all customary formalities, and at the 
same time installed the following officers with full cere- 
mony: 

Commander, William Gilmer Bell, 33°, Hon. 

First Lieutenant Commander, James Wooten McClen- 
don, 32°. 

Second Lieutenant Commander, William George Frank- 
lin, 32°, K.C.C.H. 

Chancellor, Hiram Augustus Wroe, 32°. 

Orator, Earle Bradford Mayfield, 32\ 

j^lmoner, Malcolm Hiram Reed, 32°. 

Recorder, Joseph John i^tkmson, 32°. 

Treasurer, William Knox Donnan, 33°, Hon. 

Marshal of Ceremonies, William Theodore Pfaeffhn, 32°. 

Turcopilier, Wilberforce Hurlbut Young, 32°. 

Draper, Alonzo Timothy McKean, 32°. 

First Deacon, Harry Bascomb Barnhart, 32°. 

Second Deacon, Milton Morris, 32°. 

Bearer of Beauseant, James Charles Goldbaum, 32°. 

Bearer of White Standard, Stephen Burt Secord, 32°. 

Bearer of Black Standard, Bishop Lafayette Vann, 32°. 

Lieutenant of Guard, James Edward Smith, 32°. 

Sentinel, Beverly Sandford Dickinson, 32°. 

After a long and interesting address by the Sovereign 

Grand Inspector General the Council was declared duly 

adjourned and the meeting was closed. 

W. G. Bell, 33°, Hon., Preceptor. 

James W. McClendon, 32°. 1st Sub. Preceptor. 

W. G. Franklin, 32°, K.C.C.H., 2nd Sub. Preceptor. 

Joseph John Atkinson, 32°, Recorder. 



44 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Be it known, that I, Sam P. Cochran, Sovereign Grand 
Inspector General in the State of Texas, U. S. A., do 
hereby issue Letters Temporary to the following brethren 
who shall constitute the officers and members of JAMES 
D. RICHARDSON PRECEPTORY OF KNIGHTS KA- 
DOSH No. 4, located at Austin, Texas, to-wit: , , 

OFFICERS. 

In the office of Preceptor, the Bro. William Gilmer 
Bell, 33°, Hon. 

In th?t of First Sub. Preceptor the Bro. James Wooten 
McClendon, 32°. 

In that of Second Sub. Preceptor, the Bro. William 
George Franklin, 32°, K.C.C.H. 

In that of Chancellor, the Bro. Hiram Augustus Wroe, 32°. 

In that of Orator, the Bro. Earle Bradford Mayfield,32°. 

In that of Almoner, the Bro. Malcolm Hiram Reed 32°. 

In that of Recorder, the Bro. Joseph John Atkinson, 32°. 

In that of Treasurer, the Bro. John Knox Donnan, 33°, 
Hon. 

In t>iat of Master of Ceremonies, the Bro. William Theo- 
dore Pfaefflin, 32°. 

In th?t of Turcopilier, the Bro. Wilberforce Hurlburt 
Young, 32°. 

In that of Draper, the Bro. Alonzo Timothy MeKean, 32°. 

In that of First Deacon, the Bro. Harry Bascomb Barn- 
hart, 32°. 

In that of Second Deacon, the Bro. Milton Morris, 32°. 

In that of Bearer of Beauseant, the Bro. James Charles 
Goldbarm, 32°. 

In that of Bearer of White Standard, Stephen Burt 
Secord, 32°. 

In th?t of Bearer of Black Standard, Bishop Lafayette 
Vann, 32°. 

In t^nat of Lieutenant of Guard, James Edward Smith, 32° 

In that of Sentinel, Beverley Sandford Dickinson, 32°, 
and as Members Brothers, 

(See list of members attached.) 

Alexander, Abe, Hudson, Wellborn Royston, 

Anderson, Arthur Felix, Jhonson, Gustav, 

Ai^mstrong, William Edward, Jones, Sam Houston, 
iXtkinson, Joseph John Kingsbury, William Sauer, 

Bahn, Gustavus Adolphus, Krohn, Edward John, 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



45 



Barnhart, Henry Bascomb, Kuse, Walter Andrew, 
Baxter, Harry Ernest, Lee, Henry Bascomb, 

Behrns, Francis Marion, Low, Theodor, 
Bell, William Gilmer, Lowber, James William, 

Blackburn, William Decatur, McCaleb, William Edward, 



Brady, Oscar Ludwig, 
Bridges, Robert Alexander, 
Briggs, Ritchie Jones, 
Brueggerhof, William, 
Busch, John, 
Butte, George Charles, 
Cage, James Bailiss, 
Caldwell, Jesse Oliver, 
Calhoun, George, 
Carleton, Henry Lincoln, 
Caswell, D?niel Haskell, 
Chance, Hiram Amasa, 



McClendon, James Wooten, 
McCord, William Allen, 
McKean, Alonzo Timothy, 
McLaughlin, James Wilson, 
Manor, Joseph Blake, 
Maxwell, Frank Alexander, 
Mayfield, Earle Bradford, 
Melasky, Hyman, 
Meyer, Theodore Philip, 
Mikeska, Edward Francis, 
Morley, Guilford, Seymour, 
Morris, Milton, 



Christal, Thomas Jefferson, Muenster, Joe Harry, 



Clark, John Simon, 
Costley, John Lee, 
Couch. Stephen Edmund, 
Crockett, Vernon, 
D«v\s, Louis, 



Netwon, Gus, 

Nol?n, Hugh Arthur, 

Nordlander, A. G. E. 

Pace, D. C. 

Petmecky, Joseph Charles, 



Dickinson. Beve>'ly Sandford, P^aefflin, William Theodore, 



Donnan, John Knox, 
Eriwards, Joseph Marion, 
Filers, Augi'St Johnson, 
FHipo-son, Elhng A., 
Elliott, Mavtyn, 
Endreps, Georsfe" Albert, 
Ei^h^rd, Chester, 
Faulk, John Henry. 
Fern-^ndez, Jose Richard, 



Pope, John Burwell, 
Rector, James Bouldin, 
Reed, David Cleveland, 
J^eed, Malcolm Hiram, 
Robinson. Charles Musgrove, 
Scovill, Frank Ellsworth, 
Seaholm, Julius, 
Secord, Stephen Burt, 
!=^h^ckelford, Albert Scott, 



Fiegel, George i^ dam Bernard,^hackelford, Samuel Scott, 



Finch, Howell Mallory. 

Finks, Frank Fielding, 

Frank, Tke, 

Frank. Meyer, 

Fraukhn, William George, 

Funk, Joseph, 

Gage. Stephen Norris. 



Silver, Mon'tz, 
Slaughter, James Marshall, 
Smith, James Edward, 
Stark, Henry J. Lutcher, 
Sterzing, Fred, 
Stiles, Francis Elmo, 
Tomlinson. David George, 



Gammel, Hans Peter Nelson, Vgnn, Bishop Lafayatte, 
Tfirriiiier, i^lexander,. Von Rosenberg, F. C. 

GiKill^n, William Lamberton, Walker, James Clair, 
Goldbaum, James Charles, Walker, Thomas Bailey, 
Goodman, Walter Edwin, Washington, WilHam Claude, 



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History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Graham, James Walter, 
Hall, Edwin Stevenson, 
Hamilton, James Robert, 
Hancock, Allan Emmitt, 
Herndon, James Flemon, 
Hilgartner, Henry Lewis, 
Hofheinz, Oscar Gatson, 
Holt, Frank, 
Hudson, Samuel Edward, 



Waterston, James Sr., 
Welch, Francis Horace, 
Wilkins, Frank Lee, 
Williams, Abraham, 
Wood, Joe Harrison, 
Wroe, Hiram Augustus, 
Wroe, Samuel Kenner, 
Young, Wilberforce Hurlbut, 
Ziller, Robert Lee, 



In testimony whereof I hereby set my hand and seal 
this EIGHTEENTH day of February, in the year NINE- 
TEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN. 

(Signed) Sam P. Cochran, 33% 

Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Texas. 



On the 18th Feb. 1915, Bro Sam P. Cochran, after the 
Dedication of the Cathedral called together a meeting, open 
to 3 11 Scottish Rite Masons and installed the off icers named 
above and declared them to have the power to work, etc. 
We drew up no minutes of this installation, but think we 
will set apart a page of the records for that purpose. 

On March 1, a special meeting of the Council was held 
for electing candidates, present. 

William G. Bell, 33°, Hon. Commander. 

James W. McClendon, 32°, First Lt. Commander. 

WilHam G. Franklin, 32°, KCCH, Second Lt. Commander. 

John K. Donnan, 33°, Hon., Treasurer. 

Joseph J. Atkinson, 32°, Secretary. 

W. T. Pfaefflin, 32°, Almoner pro tem. 

Gustav Johnson, 32°, Sentinel. 

Other Knights present, B. L. Vann, 32°, M. Silver, 32% 
S. B. Secord, 32°, G. S. Morley, 32°, H. B. Lee, 32°. 

On March 1, 1915, the first regular meeting was held: 

William G. Bell, 33°, Hon., Commander. 

James W. McClendon, 32°, First Lt Commander. 

William G. Franklin, 32°, K.C.C.H., Second Lt. Com- 
mander. 

M. H. Reed, 32°, Almoner. 

J. J. Atkinson, 32°, Secretary. 

Gustav Johnson, Sentinel, pro tem. 

Others present, W. T. Pfaefflin, 32°; G. S. Morley, 32% 
G. A. Bahn, 32°, K.C.C.H., and S. B. Secord, 32°. 

Candidates- were elected and formal business transacted. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 47 

ORIENT OF TEXAS, VALLEY OF AUSTIN. 

On Friday, February 11th, 1916, the members of James 
D. Richardson Council of Knights Kadosh, No. 4, were 
called together to meet Illustrious Brother Sam P. Coch- 
ran, 33°, S. G. I. G., who desired to constitute the Council 
and install the officers and to deliver the permanent 
Charter. 

The Preceptory accordingly met at 2 p. m. and the 
prescribed ceremonies of constitution were performed 
under the direction of the Inspector General, with Illus- 
trious Brother Jewel P. Lightfoot, 33°, Hon., acting as 
Grand Master of Ceremonies. 

The following officers were duly installed: 

William G. Bell, 33°, Hon., as Preceptor. 

James Wooten McClendon, 32°, K.C.C.H., as 1st Sub. 
Precentor. 

William George Franklin, 32°, K.C.C.H., as 2nd Sub. 
Preceptor. 

Hiram Augustus Wroe, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Chancellor. 

Earle Bradford Mayfield, 32°, as Orator, by proxy. 

Malcolm Hiram Reed, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Almoner. 

Joseph John Atkinson, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Recorder. 

John Knox Donnan, 33°, Hon., as Treasurer. 

William Theodere Pfaefflin, 32°, as Marshal of Cere- 
monies. 

Wilberforce H. Young, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Turcopiher. 

Alonzo Timothy McKean, 32°, as Draper. 

Harry B. Barnhart, 32°, as First Deacon, by -proxy. 

Milton Morris, 32°, as Second Deacon. 

James Charles Goldbaum, 32°, as Bearer of Beauseant, 
by proxy. 

Stephen Burt Secord, 32°, as Bearer of White Standard. 
Bishop Lafayette Vann, 32°, as Bearer of Black Stand- 
James Edward Smith, 32°, as Lieutenant of Guard, by 
proxy. 
Edward White, 30°, Sentinel. 

When the ceremonies were completed, which included a 
musical program under the direction of B. T. Wheatley, 
30°, Musical Director and Organist, and nothing further 
appearing for attention, the box of F. A. was passed, and 
the Council adjourned. 

William G. Bell, 33°, Hon., Preceptor. 



48 History of Scottiish Rite Masonry in Texas 

James W. McClendon, 32°, K.C.C.H., 1st Sub. Preceptor. 
William George Franklin, 32°, K.C.C.H., 2nd Sub- Pre- 
ceptor. 
. Recorder Joseph J. Atkinson, 32°, K.C.C.H. 

ORIENT OF TEXAS, VALLEY OF AUSTIN. 

On February 11th, 1916, at about 5:00 p. m., the Char- 
ter Members of Austin Consistory No. 4, were called to- 
gether by Illustrious Brother Sam' P. Cochran, 33°, S. G. 
I. G., for the purpose of instituting the Consistory and 
setting same to work under Letters Temporary. 
With the usual short ceremony and instructions the Con- 
sistory was instituted and started to work with the fol- 
lowing officers in charge: 

James Wooten McClendon, 32 K.C.C.H., as Master of 
Kadosh. 

Hiram Augustus Wroe, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Prior. 

Wilberforce Hurlbut Young, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Preceptor. 

William Theodore Pfaefflin, 32°, as Chancellor. 

George Charles Butte, 32°, as Minister of State. 

Malcolm Hiram Reed, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Almoner. 

Joseph John Atkinson, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Registrar. 

John Knox Donnan, 33°, Hon., as Treasurer. 

Joe Henry Muenster, 32°, K. C. C. H., as Prelate. 

D. C. Pace, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Master of Ceremonies, by 
proxy. 

Allan limmett Hancock, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Expert. 

Beverly Sanford Dickinson, 32°, as Assistant Expert. 

Moritz, Silver, 32°, K.C.C.H., as Captain of Guards. 

Gustave Johnson, 32°, as Tiler. 

After addresses by the Master of Kadosh and many of 
the Brethren present, the Consistory was adjourned. 

James W. McClendon, 32°, K.C.C.H., 

Master of Kadosh. 
H. A. Wroe, 32°, K.C.C.H., Prior. 
Wilber H. Young, 32°, K.C.C.H., Preceptor. 
Joseph J. Atkinson, 32°, K.C.C.H., Registrar. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 4 9^ 



ORIENT OF TEXAS, VALLEY OF AUSTIN. 

First called meeting of Austin Consistory, Number 4, 
held on Friday, February 11th, 1916, at 8 p. m., for elec- 
tion of candidates. 

A quorum being present, the Consistory was opened, 
with the following officers in attendance. 

Master of Kadosh, James W. McClendon, 32°, K.C.C.H. 

Prior, W. G. Franklin, 32°, K.C.C.H., pro tem. 

Preceptor, W. G. Bell, 33° Hon., pro tem. 

Registrar, J. J. Atkinson, 32°, K.C.C.H. 

Steward, Gus Johnson, 32°. 

Others present were: 

W. A. Kuse, 32° 

R. A. Modrall, 32° 

Moritz Silver, 32° K.C.C.H. 

J. H. Muenster, 32° K.C.C.H. 

F. E. Rightor, 32° 

G. A. Bahn, 32° K.C.C.H. 
B. S. Dickinson, 32° 

M. H. Reed, 32° K.C.C.H. 
W. E. Armstrong, 32° 

Bro. Samuel P. Cochran, 33° Hon., S. G. I. G., having 
granted a Dispensation, to be mailed from Dallas, the fol- 
lowing petitions were read: 

Several resolutions were offered and dispensed with. 

Nothing further appearing for attention the Consistory 
was closed in ample form. 

James W. McClendon, 32° K.C.C.H., Master of Kadosh. 
W. G. Franklin, 32° K.C.C.H., Prior pro tem. 
Wilbur H. Young, 32° K.C.C.H., Preceptor. 
J. J. Atkinson, 32 K.C.C.H., Registrar. 



50 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

DEMISED BODIES. 

Austin, Texas, Sept. 17th, 1884. 
W. M. Ireland, 33% 
Secty. Genl., 

Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir and Bro. : 

With this I hand you the annual returns of our three 
bodies of the Rite here as follows: 

Fidelity Lodge of Perfection No. 4, on 24 members 

and 1 initiated $26.00 

Philip C. Tucker Chapter Rose Croix No. 1, on 19 

members and 2 initiated 25.00 

Orient Council Knights Kadosh No. 1, on 14 members 

and 2 initiated 20.00 

Total for the three Bodies $71.00 

I inclose you sight draft for $75.00 on Bro. Webber. Please 
collect and take our dues out of it, and remit me the re- 
mainder by Postal note. 

We sent this $75.00 to the Supreme Council in October, 
1882. to pay for our Charter for a particular Consistory, 
but Bro. Pike would not give t^e Charter unless we took a 
set of Books and we are not able to pay for the Books now, 
and need this $75.00. Fence this arrangement for you to 
draw it and dispose of it as directed. 

By reference to pace 173, transactions of Supr. Council, 
October, 1882, you will see that we are credited with this 
$75.00. 

I hope you will find my returns correct this time. 

Fraternally, 

Tom Murrah, 

Recorder. 

Austin, Texas, Sept. 17, 1884. 

$75.00 At sisfht...... pay to the 

Order of the Secretary of the Supreme Council of the 

South Jurist. Seventv-five Dollars, 

Value received, and charge the same to account of 

To B^'o. Webber, Tom Murrah, 

Trs. Gen. Washington. Recorder. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 51 

Orient of' Austin, February 14th, 1882. 
Dear Sir and Bro. : 

At 11:10 I returned this day from San Antonio, after 
taking now my dinner I will give you my experience gath- 
ered there. In the first place, I was received by all those 
I could see of our 32° and 33° with apparent much pleasure. 

February 15th. Called away yesterday. I could not re- 
sume my letter until this 11 October. The first man I called 
upon was Bro. E. Rieche, with whom I had already been in 
correspondence. He gave me little or no hope for a Lodge ; 
after a long conversation, he seemed to acknowledge that I 
had some justice in my remark, but limited stringency of 
the money market. I told him that I was not empowered 
to give a promise, but that if he would bring up two can- 
didates, 10 M. M. of good standing, whose enemies could 
not approach them with anything improper, I would use my 
intercession with you to make him the 11th free of charge. 
I have no doubt that you will approve of this promise, as 
if it were more than 10 you would remit the fee anyhow; 
he promised to use his influence. Next I saw Bro. Smye, 32% 
who had when you were in San Antonio and who has now a 
suffering wife, whom at times he cannot leave alone, but 
who visited Bro. Pike at the Lodge room and requested him 
to make his excuses to you. He was taken in at once with 
the idea to form a Lodge of Perfection, counted at once the 
8 higher and promised to raise the other four by himself. 
I will not confer a degree on any one, who does not stand on 
the top of the ladder as an honest man and good Mason and 
to ascertain the views of all members that may join, I shall 
take one by one aside and ask if he has any objections to 
any one proposed and I will refuse all who under such ob- 
jections cannot justify before a proper committee, I an- 
swered and that settled the conversation. When they saw 
that I had not come to take only their money, they agreed 
with me. Bro. Smye and me went by a hack (footing not 
fashionable now in San Antonio) to see Bro. N. H. Gould, 
33°. He felt himself highly flattered that a man of my dis- 
tinction should pay him a visit of honor, etc. I answered 
that I was much flattered by his good opinion, but the boot 
was on the wrong leg, that I came to ask information and 
advice from him and therefore must decline all his flatter- 
ing compliments. This brought him out and speaking with 
Smye about the different candidates, they made up eight, 
besides those having already the degrees. Bro. Gould de- 
clares that him and Bro. Frees had visited you at the Hoard 



52 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

house. Bro. Frees also agreed that a Lodge of Perfection 
would prosper and so I left Monday morn under the full 
conviction that I had gained all I went over for, the cer- 
tainty of establishing a good Lodge of Perfection. My ex- 
penses were $15.25, the larger amount belongs to carriage 
hire, for I told you walking at present is not the fashion in 
San Antonio, as bootmakers don't make the boots high 
enough generally. I hope that I will be able to create a good 
Lodge of Perfection in San Antonio so that I can have the 
pride of having succeeded where you and Albert Pike had 
failed and I will be proud if I can raise the three bodies of 
A. & A. S. R. when all eight deputies have raised but one all 
together. 

Bro. Smye paid Bro. Morse, $57.50 for 31° and 32°, has 
reed. Legenda Readings and Patents, but no M. and Dogmas. 
He wishes to have the morals and dogmas in one volume and 
if he has to pay for them now. 

I enclose check for $20 Fred Sterzing; please return his 
note. 

To * Yours fraternally, 

Philip C. Tucker, 33°, A. Goldman, 32°, 

Insp. General, Dep. Insp. Genl. 

S. C. S. T. W. S., 

Galveston, Texas. 

Orient of Austin, Nov. 7, 1882. 
Dear Bro. Tucker : 

Your favor of 3d. inst. came duly to hand, but I felt too 
unwell to write to you. Sommerrow has received his pat- 
ents all right, but otherwise nothing has been heard neither 
from you nor from Washington. 

A. Goldman, 32°, Deputy Inspector General; Chas. S. 
Morse, 32°, Deputy Inspector General; Henry L. Carleton, 
32° ; John McDonald, 32° ; John K. Donnan, 32° ; Tom Mur- 
rah, 32°; M. P. Sommerrow, 32°; Newel McDonald, 32°; 
Fred Sterzing 32° ; Joe Petmecky, 32° ; these are the names 
of the future Austin Consistory. 

Morse has not yet called a meeting of the Council, nor 
have we had any meeting of the other bodies. Next Tuesday 
is regular meeting of Lodge of Perfection and I would wish 
to know from you whether, if our permanent Letters of Con- 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 53 

stitution does not arrive, the lodge in my presence, can hold 
its meeting. 

Hearty salutations to you and yours, 

Yours ever true, 
To A. Goldman, 32', 

Bro. P. C. Tucker, 33°, Deputy Inspector General. 

Active Member, 

Galveston, Texas. 

Orient of Austin, October 12th, 1882. 

Dear Bro. Tucker: 

In conformity with my letter of Sunday, I send you en- 
closed check for $138.85 on New York, which I am assured 
will be worth its face value in Washington. It will pay 

1. Charter for Consistory ..$ 75.00 

Commission on 50.00 $ 5.00 

2. Charter for Perfection 10.00' 

Exchange .35 

3. Charges for Rose Croix Books 

(30c I paid here but forgot) 2.70 

Check 138.85 

4. Deg. 31 & 32 Newell McDonald ..• 5000 

5. Patents Newell McDonald 6.50 



$144.20 $144.20 

By registered parcel mail, I send you two p^^tents o"P Mor- 
timer Pierson Sommerrow, Charter of Perfection Lodge No. 
4. Petition for Charter for Consistory and Petition for 
Charter for Fidelity Lodge of Perfection No. 4. Of the 
$2.70 for Chapter, 30 cents belone-s to me, I forgot to de- 
duct them, but will take them off when I collect yonr c^are-es 
on Orient Council. Please send Patents for Newell Mc- 
Donald, born August 6, 1884, in Gango County, Ohio, a 
mechanic by trade, received the Deo-rees on OctobeT- 7, 1882, 

I renew my best fraternal salutations to you, Bro. Pike, 
and all New Orleans members and hope that you may enjoy 
your voyage and the sessions. 

Yours truly, 

A. Goldman, 32°. 

Orient of Austin, Nov. 6, Saturday, 1884. 
My Dear Good Bro. : 

Bros. Pike and Ireland just left me, after conferring upon 
me the 33°. To you I am indebted to this honor, words fail 



54 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



me to express my thanks to you; be assured,. however, that 
I not only fully appreciate your friendship and good will to- 
wards me and never shall forget this as well as all other 
kind services before, but that in every respect I shall 
show my thanks by deed and not only by words. 

I am improving but very slow, for I am too much reduced 
to pick up rapidly. I had to take up my finger-rings, for I 
dropped them from my hands, so much have my fingers 
decreased. 

Enclosed please find exchange for $90.00 less exchange 
for Underbill & Davis. 

Yours with compliments to all, 
To A. Goldman, 33° 

Bro. Philip C. Tucker, 33% Honor. Inspector Genl., 

Active Member S. G. C. South Juris. Your Deputy. 

Galveston, Texas. 



ORIENT COUNCIL OF KADOSH NO. 1 was estab- 
lished at Austin, Texas, July 1, 1882, by Philip C. Tucker, 
33rd Sovereign Grand Inspector General and active mem- 
ber of the Supreme Council, assisted by Brother Adolphus 
Goldman, 32°, Deputy Inspector at Austin, first officers 
elected, were: 

Charles S. Morse, 32°, K.C.C.H., Commander. 
H. L. Carleton, 32°, First Lieut. Commander. 
John McDonald, 32°, Second Lieut. Commander. 
Tom Murrah, 32°, Recorder. 

The records show dues paid for Orient Council as late 
as September, 1884. 

Austin Consistory No. 3 was instituted October 19, 
1882, the author is unable to find any data more than 
above mentioned in the archives of Brother Tucker. How- 
ever, Brother H. L. Carleton, 33°, Hon., writes as follows: 

''Dear Brother Hotchkiss, pardon my delay in answer- 
ing your favor of the 3rd, my recollections of Orient 
Council are somewhat dim, except that, " 'I know some- 
thing about the beginning of it,' " I have every reason to 
for it began under a Cloud. Brother Tucker came up 
from Galveston for the especial purpose of constituting 
the Council and a meeting was called for the afternoon, 
as he had to return on the night train, which left early; 
being only two present. Brother Goldman and myself, 
Brother Tucker was some mad, I do not remember all the 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 55 

officers, only the first three and the Recorder, namely: 

Charles S. Morse, Commander. 

H. L. Carleton, First Lieut. Commander. 

John McDonald, Second Lieut. Commander. 

Tom Murrah, Recorder. 
The Council was duly instituted, however, and I was in- 
stalled as proxy for all the other officers, about the Con- 
sistory I know nothing except that it was organi^.ed, be- 
cause General Pike wanted a Consistory in Austin, and 
we boys dug down in our jeans and put up the money, 
how it happened to be named No. 3 is more than I can 
tell, as it was the first Consistory established in the State, 
as far as I know, the one at Fort Worth was established 
sometime afterward and the one in Galveston, still later. 
In 1884 I moved away from Austin and Brother Goldman 
died not long afterward, with the death of Brother Goldman 
Scottish Rite Masonry in Austin came near going to pieces. 
The Council and Consistory surrendered their -Charters 
and the Lodge and Chapter were kept alive, and that 
was all. 

Referring again to Brother Goldman, there is a man 
who can furnish history which ought to be written and 
preserved in the archives of the Austin Bodies, why he 
was selected for the work in Texas, when he had only 
received the first three Degrees, how the Degrees from 
the fourth to the thirty-second were conferred upon him 
as an Honorarium that he might be made a Deputy for 
the Inspector General in Texas, how he received the 33rd 
Degree in his own room, when he was practically on his 
death bed, as he lived only for a short time, would make 
it interesting reading." 

Courteously and fraternally, 

H. L. Carleton, 33° Hon. 
November 12, 1915. 

Note — Bro. Chas. S. Morse, 33°, Hon., in a letter to 
Bro. Philip C. Tucker, 33°, dated Feb. 9, 1893, acknowledg- 
ing receipt of letter instructing him to return books of 
Austin Consistory No. 3. 

HISTORY OF A GAVEL. 

The. following is a history of a gavel presented to Philip 
C. Tucker, Rose Croix Chapter No. 1, at Austin, Texas, 
by Henry L. Carleton 33 Hon., the Galley ''Congress" was 
sunk in a naval battle on Lake Champlain during the Rev- 



5 6 History, of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



olutionary war in 1776, I do not know what year it wa» 
raised, but it was during the period that Philip C. Tucker, 
Sr., was Grand Master of Vermont, a piece of oak from 
the timbers of the Galley was given to Brother Tucker, Sr., 
as a souvenir and he later presented it to his son Philip 
C. Tucker, Jr., who was then Grand Master of Texas, when 
Philip C. Tucker chapter of Rose Croix was chartered 
Brother Tucker had a gavel made from this piece of oak 
and presented it to the Chapter in memory of his father. 
On each side of the gavel is a silver plate, the obverse 
plate engraved as follows : 



Philip C. Tucker Chapter No. 1 

of Rose Croix 18th 

from 

Philip C. Tucker, 33rd 

Austin, March 1882, V. E. 

On the reverse side, 

Oak from the American Galley 

"CONGRESS" 

Blown up and Sunk in Lake Champlain, 

October 13, 1776. 

The presentation of this gavel was quite an event in the 
Masonic circle of Austin, a public meeting was held in the 
Masonic Hall, to which all Master Masons and their fam- 
ilies were invited, the presentation address was made by 
Mrs. John W. Glenn and accepted on behalf of the Chap- 
ter by H. L. Carleton, Wise Master, the exercises also in- 
cluded an address on Scottish Rite Masonry, by J. W. Rob- 
ertson, Orator of Fidelity Lodge of Perfection. 

(Signed) H. L. Carleton, 33rd Hon. 

The following is a copy of a letter found in the archives 
of Bro. Philip C. Tucker. 

'The wood of which this mallet is made was a portion 
of one of the white oak planks of the American Galley 
Congress, a twelve gun vessel of the American fleet com- 
manded by Benedict Arnold in the Battle of Lake Cham- 
plain on the 11th and 13th of October, 1776, with the Brit- 
ish fleet commanded by Capt. Edward Pringle which ves- 
sel having received seven shots between wind and water 
and hulled a dozen times and her sails and rigging torn 
in pieces by shot, was run into a beautiful bay on the 







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History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 57 

east shore and blown up and sunk. Eighty-four years 
thereafter in 1860 these planks or pieces were procured 
therefrom by my father Philip C. Tucker, Grand Master 
of the Grand Lodge of Vermont and made into canes for 
himself and me. This piece was brought to Texas by the 
writer who had this mallet made therefrom. Of all the 
vessels connected with the war for the aid of the United 
States this wreck is the only one known to exist." 

(Signed) PHILIP C. TUCKER, 33°. 

For the inforrnation of those who do not understand 
why Bro. Carleton's name appears on the charter of Fi- 
delity Lodge of Perfection Lodge No. 4 as Venerable Mas- 
ter instead of J. W. Glenn, the author makes the follow- 
ing explanation, when it was proposed by Brother Tucker 
33°, Sovereign Grand Inspector General, and his Dept. Bro. 
Adolph Goldman, 32°, to organize a Lodge of Perfection in 
Austin, Brother Carleton's name was suggested as the first 
Venerable Master, when Brother Pike, Grand Commander, 
came to Austin for the purpose of organizing the Lodge 
of Perfection, Brother Glenn, who was the supervising 
architect of the new Government building, then in pro- 
cess of erection, presented himself, claiming to be a 32nd 
and was recognized as shown by the records, as it would 
not be courteous to name a 14th degree Mason as Ven- 
erable Master over a 32nd. His name was substituted 
for Brother Carleton's, whose name appears as Senior 
Warden in the Letters Temporary for both Lodge and 
Chapter. 

It pleased General Pike to issue a charter to the Chap- 
ter of Rose Croix at once, thus making it Chapter No. 
1 of the State, while the Lodge of Perfection took the reg- 
ular course and a charter was issued at the next regular 
meeting of the Supreme Council and became No. 4, soon 
after the organization of the two Bodies, Brother Glenn 
was transferred to New Orleans to supervise the building 
of a customs house at that point; of course this necessi- 
tated his resigning his office and Brother Carleton named 
as the First Venerable Master in the Lodge and Chapter. 

DALLAS BODIES 

Dallas, Texas, March 24, 1893. 
Dear Sir and Brother: 

We, the undersigned, having the good of Scottish Ma- 



58 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

sonry at heart, most earnestly request that you will be 
present with us at an informal meeting on Sunday, 
March 26, at 3 p. m., at the Masonic Temple, for the 
purpose of bringing the brethren of the A. & A. S. R. 
more closely together and settling all differences that 
may exist in the Rite in this immediate jurisdiction; and 
for the further purpose of arranging for our Mystic Ban- 
quet (which is obligatory) on Maundy Thursday, March 
30. We desire also to get an expression from the Breth- 
ren in regard to permanent organization. 

Fraternally, 
(Signed) Milton Haynes Hickox, 32°, Depty. of the Ins. 
Genl. in Texas. 

WilHam Sidney Bryant, 32°. 
E. M. Reardon, 32°, 
Joe Swope, 32°, 
J. D. A. Harris, 32°, 
Henry F. Burt, 32°, 
Charles Kahn, 32°, 
Homan Starke, 32°. 
To Brother Charles Albert Hotchkiss, 33° Hon., and 
Depty. of the Ins. Genl. in Texas, Dallas, Texas. 

Orient of Texas, Valley of Dallas, 1893 

Philip C. Tucker, 33°, 
Insp. Gen. in Texas, 
Or. Galveston. 
Dear Sir & Bro. : 

We, the undersigned residents of the City of Dallas, 
Texas, Perfect Elus of the (14°) as proven by your 
records in good standing and vouched for by your Deputies, 
Chas. A. Hotchkiss, 33° Hon., and Milton H. Hickox, 32°, 
both at another jurisdiction acknowledging our allegiance 
and that obedience is due to the Supreme Council of the 
Southern Jurisdiction of the U. S. of A. (Mother Council 
of the World) and its representatives in Texas in all 
matters of the A. and A. S. Rite Masonry do pray that 
you Create, Establish, Congregate and Constitute a Lodge 
of Perfection in the said City of Dallas, in order that 
we may work the Degrees of said Rite according to the 
laws and usage thereof from the 4° to the 14°, inclusive. 
Creating lawful Perfect Elus thereby, which prayer being 
granted we promise to comply with the usages and laws 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 59 

of said Rite, to pay all dues according to said Supreme 
Council as accustomed and to be governed by you and 
your lawful representatives in all things relating to said 
Rite not contrary to our vov^s, but consistent v^ith Free 
Masonry and as duty bound most respectfully pray. 
Charles Kahn, 32° Homan Starke, 32° 

Henry F. Burt, 32" E. T. Keightly 32° 

W. P. Kruckman, 32° Alexander Sanger, 32° 

Joe Swope, 32° Joseph Linz, 32° 

E. M. Kahn, 32° A. V. Nogueria, 32° 

Daniel Cooper, 32° C. A. Robertson, 14° 

Morris Lewis, 32° Rudolph Gunner, 33° Hon. 

J. D. A. Harris, 32° J. R. Polack, 32° 

E. M. Tillman, 32° Eugene Marshall, 32° 

Wm. S. Bryant, 32° M. W. Mann, 14° 

W. H. Siblev, 32° A. R. Lipstate, 32° 

R. W. Havens, 32° C. A. Hotchkiss, 33° Hon. 

J. W. Hill, 32"^ Simon Linz, 32° 

M. R. Combs, 32° A. W. Campbell, 32° 

E. M. Reardon, 32° F. W. Angel, 32° 

W. K. Homan, 18° H. M. Leonard, 30° 

John M. McCov, 32° L. O. Martin, 32° 

L. S. Garrison, 32° Wm. Folsetter, 32° 

L. M. Knepfly, 32° Geo. M. Dilly, 32° 

W. H. Lewis, 32° Milton H. Hickox, 32° 

First Officers elected in Dallas Lodge of Perfection 
No. 7, October 20, 1897: 

Chas. Kahn, 32°, V. M. 
Daniel Cooper, 32°, Sr. W. 
EHjah Keightly, 32°, Jr. W. 
Joseph Gilbert, 14°, Orator 
Lawrence M. Knepfly, 32°, Treasurer 
Andrew De Val Nogueria, 32°, Almoner 
E. M. Tillman, 32°, Secretary. 
Only two of above are now living. 

Letters of Constitution were issued by Austin B. Cham- 
berlin, 33°, S. G. I. Gen., January 20th, 1897. 
Ad Magovem — Dei Gloriam, 

Dallas, Texas, January 20th, 1897. 

On this 18th day of Schebet, A. M. 5657, being the 20th 

day of January, A. D. 1897, Most Worthy Brother A. B. 

Chamberlain, Inspector General in Texas of the Mother 

Council of the World, installed and inaugurated Dallas 



60 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Lodge of Perfection No. 7, in due and ancient form, de- 
livering the Chsrter by the Supreme Council. After due 
ceremonies the Charter with the names of the Brothers 
therein inscribed was read. 

The following Brothers were elected to respective of- 
fices : 

Brother Charles Kahn, V. M. 
Brother Dan Cooper, S. W. 
Brother E. T. Keightly, J. W. 
Brother J. E. Gilbert, Orator 
Brother E. M. Tillman, Secretary 
Brother L. M. Knepfly, Treasurer 
Brother A. Nogueira, Almoner 
Brother Kahn as Venerable Master, appointed the fol- 
lowing Brothers to resp. offices: 

Brother Charles Hotchkiss as 

Master of Ceremonies 
Brother Simon Linz as 

Expert 
Brother R. E. Krueger as 

Assistant Expert 
Brother Joseph Swope as 

Captain of the Host 
J. P. Reagan as 

Tiler 

The Most Worthy Inspector General, Brother Chamber- 
lin, 33°, assisted by Brother Ch. R. Brown, 32° K.C.C.H. 

Brother Geo. E. Korst, 32° 
(Galveston) 

And Brother Chls. L. Holland, 18° 
(Dallas) 

installed above elected and appointed officers in due and 
■ancient form, with exception of Bros. Linz and Gilbert, 
they being absent. 

Brother Chamberlin handed to the Secretary the 
amount of fifteen 50-100 Dollars, surplus of fees sent to 
the Mother Council, the Almoner requested to send the 
collection made in the usual way to the Buckner Orphans 
Home. 

No further business the Lodge was closed to the call 
of the Venerable Master without further ceremonies. 

E. M. Tillman, Secretary. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 61 

CHARTER MEMBERS OF DALLAS LODGE OF PER- 
FECTION NO. 7, DALLAS, TEXAS. 

Charles Albert Hotchkiss, 33° Hon. 

E. T. Keightly, 32° Charles Kahn, 32° 

Milton H. Hickox, 32° K.C.C.H. 

A. R. Lipstate, 32^ W. C. Curtis, 32° 

Ernest Arnoldi, 32° J. D. A. Harris 32° 

James G. Lowden, J. W. Peck, 32° 

Homan Starke, 32° K.C.C.H. 

Neal Starke, 32° James F. Wilhs, 32° 

W. S. Bryant, 32° Rudolph Kruger, 32' 

L. O. Martin, 32° E. M. Tillman, 32° 

L. M. Knepfly, 32° D. B. Lowenstein, 32" 

Joseph Swope, 32° Alex. Sanger, 32° 

E. M. Kahn, 32° A. De Val Nogueria, 32° 

Joseph Gilbert, 14° 

J. K. Ashby, 33° Hon. Grand Cross 

Thos. A. Murray, A. D. Oliver, 32° 

Elijah Putman, S. L. Boyd, 

Robt. H. Foot, 32° Joseph Linz, 32° 

Joe W. Hill, 32° Harry Meyer, 32° 

Edward Oliver, Isaac Goldberg, 32° 

Dispensation granted January 20th, 1897. 
Permenent Charter granted October 20th, 1897. 
Over half of the above members are dead or unaccounted 
for. 

At a called meeting of Members of the Rose Croix held 
at Scottish Rite Hall, March 24th, 1901, Bro. Charles 
Kahn presiding as temporary Chairman, Bro. Sam P. 
Cochran, read a letter from S. G. I. G. Chamberlin, ask- 
ing change of name as well as election of additional 
officers. 

The name of Lone Star No. 4 was adopted. 

The following members were elected to their respective 
offices, towit: 

\Bro. E. M. Tilman, Secretary. 
Bro. E. M. Reardon, Treasurer. 
Dav. Lindsay, Orator. 
Bro. A. De Val. Nogueira, Almoner. 

Committee on paraphernalia : 

Bro. Schnelle, Cochran, and A. De Val. Nogueira. 
Brother A. V. Nogueira paid $5.00. 



62 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Meeting adjourned. 

Approved May 27, 1901. 

E. M. Tilman, S2\ 
Henry G. Schnelle, 18°., W. M. 

At a mass meeting of Knights of Rose Croix in Scot- 
tish Rite Hall at 219 Commerce Street, City of Dallas, 
Texas, the following were present: 

Charles Kahn, 32° K.C.C.H. 

Sam P. Cochran, 32° 

Will H. Martens, 32° 

W. S. Bryant, 32° 

J. W. Hill, 32° 

E. M. Tillman, 32° 

H. G. Schnelle, 18° 

Geo. Mummert, 18° 

The object of the meeting having been stated, the meet- 
ing was organized by electing Bro. Charles Kahn as Chair- 
man and Bro. Geo. Mummert as Secretary. Conforming 
to a letter of Bro. S. P. Cochran, the election of Officers 
and selection of a name for this Chapter of Rose Croix 
to be established, was proceeded with. 

Ballot was spread and on inspection the folowing 
brothers were elected to the respective offices, to- wit: 
Bro. H. G. Schnelle, Wise Master 
Bro. Sam P. Cochran, Senior Warden 
Bro. Charles Kahn, Junior Warden 

The name of Philip C. Tucker was unanimously selected. 

Upon motion duly seconded, that it was decided that 
all who go in as Charter members and all who affiliate, 
pay $5.00 in advance, which shall stand as a credit on 
dues to accrue. 

Motion carried to request S. G. I. G. Bro. A. B. Cham- 
berlin, 33°, to install the Chapter on April 5th, 1901, if 
possible. 

Brother E. M. Tillman was selected as tempor. Treas- 
urer. 

Brother Geo. Mummert was selected as temp. Secretary. 
Meeting adjourned. 

Approved May 27, 1901. E. M. Tillman, 32°. 

Henry G. Schnelle, 18°, W. M. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 63 

INSTALLATION OF CHAPTER 

On this, the 23rd day of Nisan, 5661, corresponding 
to the 11th day of April, 1901, Brother Sovereign Grand 
Inspector General in Texas, A. B. Chamberlin, under 
due and solemn ceremonies installed at Scottish Rite Hall 
at Dallas, Texas, Lone Star Chapter No. 4 of Rose Croix, 
A. & A. S. R. M. under temporary charter: 

The following brothers were present, to-wit: 
J. K. Ashby, 33° Hon. Stanley Crabb, 18° 

Charles Kahn, 32° K.C.C.H. E. M. Tillman, 32° 
H. G. Schnelle, 18° ^^^^ill H. Martens, 32° 

Sam P. Cochran, 32° Geo. Mummert, 18° 

A. De Val. Nogueira, 30° W. T. Wells, 18° 
J. E. Flanders, 18° W. S. Brvant, 32° 

J. W. Hill, 32° John M. McCoy, 32° 

E. M. Reardon, 32° 

S. G. I. G. Bro. Chamberlin ordered on account of absence 
of Bro. Lindsay, an election for Orator and declared after 
inspection of ballot Bro. J. E. Flanders duly and constitu- 
tinally elected Orator. Bro. S. G. I. G. Chamberlin then 
in ancient and solemn manner installed the following 
brothers to their respective offices: 

H. G. Schnelle, Wise Master 

S. P. Cochran, Senior Warden 

Charles Kahn, Junior Warden 

J. E. Flanders, Orator 

A. De Val. Nogueira, Almoner 

E. M. Reardon, Treasurer 

E. M. Tillman, Secretary 
The Wise Master appointed the following^ brothers to 
the respective offices in which they were also duly and 
legally installed by the S. G. I. G. : 

W. S. Bryant, Senior Expert 

J. W. Hill, Junior Expert 

W. T. Wells, Master of Ceremonies 

Bro. Stanley Crabb, Guardian of Temple 

Bro. Geo. Mummert, Tyler 
Moved, seconded and carried that the payment of fees 
for degrees which should accompany the applications, be 
delayed till conferring of degrees on candidates. 

Bro. S. G. I. G. giving his decision that application for 
degrees could be acted on collectively, if the motion to act 
in this way was carried, on motion duly seconded, the 



64 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



proposition to elect candidates collectively was duly car- 
ried. 

On motion the following candidates were duly elected : 
E. Dick Slaughter N. E. Mittenthal 

Synton A. Smith Joe Mittenthal 

Ben Irelson Jas. Wolf 

Mike H. Thomas J. H. Florence 

Albert P. Tenison 0. L. Cohen 

H. Lee Kelley Joe Purvine 

Walter Donovan J. D. Keaton 

Geo. H. Green E. G. Eberle 

D. C. McCord, Jr. 

(Bro. Jos. K. Ashby was, on account of age, exempted 
from dues. 

Moved, seconded and carried that as soon as sufficient 
money is in the Treasury, amount for Charter and books, 
amounting to $69.50, be paid. 

Moved and carried that Committee on By-Laws shall 
consist of Bros. Wise Master, Senior and Junior Warden, 
L. M. Openheimer, Chapter No. 2 of Rose Croix at 
Galveston was on motion requested to confer the degrees 
of Rose Croix on such of our elected members, who pre- 
sent themselves for receiving such degrees and having our 
certificate. 

No further business, the Chapter w^as closed in due 
and ancient form by S. G. I. G. 

E. M. Tillman, 32°, 

Secretary. 

Approved May 27, '01. 
Henry G. Schnelle, 18°, W. M. 

The Scottish Rite Masons who had obtained the 30th 
degree or over, met at the Scottish Rite Temple in Dallas, 
Texas, on August 18th, 1902. 

Those present were: 

Geo. F. Greene 32°, J. D. Keaton 32°, Sam P. Cochran 
32 K.C.C.H., E. M. Tillman, 32°, Geo, Lang, 32°, R. C. 
Bryant 32°, Wm. Martens 32°, 0. P. Thomas 32°, W. T. 
Russell 32°, J. L. Hurlbut 32°, John M. Spellman 32°, 
Walter Donovan 32°, J. W. Scott 32°, W. S. Bryant 32°, 
J. W. Hill 32°, J. E. Flanders 32°, E. E. Solomon 32°, E. 
M. Kahn 32°, A. P. Tenison 32°, Claude R. Hamilton 32°, 
H. G. Schnelle 32, V. E. Armstrong 32°, Chas. Kahn 33° Hon., 
J. K. Ashby 33° Hon. 

Bro. Chas. Kahn, 33° Hon., was elected chairman. He stat- 
ed that this meeting had been called for the purpose of 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 65 

selecting a name and electing officers as a preliminary 
to the organization of a Council of Kadosh in Dallas. 

Bro. Sam P. Cochran, 32° K.C.C.H., was called upon 
to state the object of the meeting which he did in a few 
brief words. 

After much discussion the name of Dallas Council 
Knights Kadosh was chosen. The following officers were 
then elected, all being unanimous: 

Sam P. Cochran, 32° K.C.C.H., Preceptor 
' John M. Spellman 32°, 1st Sub. Preceptor 
H. G. Schnelle 32° 2nd Sub. Preceptor 
Walter Donovan 32°, Chancellor 
A. P. Tenison 32°, Orator 
Ben Irelson 32°, Almoner 
ClHude R. Hamilton 32°, Recorder 
E. M. Kahn 32°, Treasurer 
The other officers being appointive, the next business 
was deciding upon the fees, which were fixed at $23.00, 
and the annual dues $1.00. 

The regular meeting night was fixed on the 2nd Mon- 
day of each month. 

Bros. Sam P. Cochran 32° K.C.C.H., John M. Spellman 
32° and E. M. Kahn 32°, were appointed as a ways and 
means Committee. 

No further business coming before this meeting it was 
adjourned. 

Claude R. Hamilton, 32 °, 
Recorder. 

The members of Dallas Council Knights Kadosh No. 2 
met in Scottish Rite Temple, Dallas, Texas, on the 4th 
day of October, 1902. 

Officers Present. 

Sam P. Cochran 32° K.C.C.H., Preceptor 

Jno. M. Spellman 32°, 1st Sub. Preceptor 

H. G. Schnelle 32°, 2nd Sub. Preceptor 

Walter Donovan 32°, Chancellor 

A. P. Tenison 32°, Orator 

Ben Irelson 32°, Almoner 

Claud R. Hamilton 32° Recorder 

E. M. Kahn 32°, Treasurer 

M. H. Thomas 32°, Master of Ceremonies 

J. E. Flanders 32°, Turcopiher 

Sterling Price 32°, Draper 

E. M. Tillman 32°, 1st Deacon 



66 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Geo. H. Green 32°, 2nd Deacon 

A. De Val. Nogueira 32°, Bearer of B. 

R. C. Bryant 32°, Bearer of 2nd S. 

J. W. Howerth 32°, Bearer of 3rd S. 

Geo. Lang 32°, Lt. of Guard 

Wm. Martens 32°, Tiler 

Members Present. 

J. D. Keaton 32°, John A. Barnes 32°, J. W. Scott 32, 
J. B. Gibbs 32°, Simon Linz 32°, T. J. Clark 32°, Joseph 
Swope 32°, E. Dick Slaughter 32°, W. S. Bryant 32°, C. W. 
Smith 32°, Chas. Kahn 33° Hon. 

The above named officers and members met on the 
4th day of October, 1902, and are the Charter members 
of Dallas Council Knights Kadosh No. 2 : 

Bro. J. J. Davis 33° Hon., Deputy Inspector, assisted 
by Bros. Chas. G. Clifford 33° Hon. and C. R. Brown 33° 
Hon., installed the Council and afterwards the officers. 

Visitors Present. 

C. A. Hotchkiss 33° Hon., J. K. Ashby 33° Hon., Wm. 
Schelmire 32°. 

The Preceptor appointed Bros. W. T. Russell, A. P. 
Tenison and H. G. Schnelle as the Finance Committee. 

After short talks bv J. K. Ashby 33° Hon., C. A. Hotch- 
kiss 33° Hon., Chas. Kahn 33° Hon., J. J. Davis 33° Hon., 
Deputy Inspector, C. R. Brown 33° Hon, Chas. G. Clifford 
33° Hon., Sam P. Cochran 32° K.C.C.H., John A. Barnes 
32°, W. M. Schelmire 32°, Ben Irelson 32°, the Council 
was closed. 

Claude R. Hamilton, 32°, 

Recorder. 

IN DEO FIDUCIA NOSTRA 

A meeting of members of the Royal Secret or 32° Scot- 
tish Rite Masons having been called this, the 26th day 
of the Hebrew Month of Kisleu, 5664, corresponding to 
the 14th day of December, 1903, the following brothers 
were present: 

Charles Kahn 33° Hon., S. P. Cochran 33° Hon., 
A. V. Nogueira, 32° K.C.C.H., J. M. Spellman 32° 
K.C.C.H., E. M. Tillman 32°, Joe Swope 32°, W. H. 
Martens 32°, Ben Irelson 32°, W. S. Bryant 32°, M. 
H. Thomas 32°, Heber Page 32°, George Lang 32°, 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 67 

W. L. Shumate, 32' K.C.C.H., W. T. Russell 32% C. 
W. Howerth 32°, F. W. Boedeker, 32% Walter Dono- 
van 32°, Alex Sanger 32°, Harris Dreeben 32°, C. 
W. Smith 32°, A. P. Tenison 32°, Sterling Price 32°, 
J. E. Flanders 32°, W. H. Keyser 32°, C. R. Hamil- 
ton 32°, H. Burgower 32°, E. M. Kahn 32° ; 
Brother S. P. Cochran 33° Hon. at request, stated the 
object of this meeting, to- wit: To make all necessary 
prepaartions for the installation of a Consistory in this 
City. The installation to take place on Friday, December 
18th, 1903, at 8 p. m., and that the Hon. Inspector General 
for Texas, Bro. A. B. Chamberlin 33°, with Bros. Davis 
and Brown, 33° Hon., would be present. On motion Bro. 
Charles Kahn acted as Chairman and Bro. E. M. Tillman 
as secretary. 

It was moved and carried that the name of this Con- 
sistory should be ''Dallas Consistory No. 2". 
The following officers were elected by ballot: 
Bro. Sam P. Cochran, Commander in Chief 
Bro. H. G. Schnelle, Prior; Mike H. Thomas, Preceptor 
Bro. Walter Donovan, Chancellor; John M. Spellman, 
Minister of State 

Bro. A. V. Nogueira, Almoner; E. M. Tillman, Registrar 
Bro. E. M. Kahn, Treasurer; 

It was moved and carried that voluntary contributions 
should be taken for purpose of securing proper parapher- 
nalia and other necessaries of the Consistory. 

It was moved and carried that fees and dues of this 

Consistory be same as charged by the Galveston Consistory. 

Preparations for installation were given in charge of 

Bro. Sam P. Cochran and for refreshments to Bro. A. V. 

Nogueira. 

Meeting adjourned. 

E. M. TILLMAN, Sec. 

'INSTALLATION." 

On this the 30th day of Kisleu, 5664, corresponding to 
the 18th day of December, 1903, the Hon. Inspector Gen. 
eral for Texas, Bro. A. B. Chamberlin 33°, called the 
meeting to order and assisted by Brother Charles R. 
Brown, 33° Hon., of Galveston, C. A. Hotchkiss, 33° Hon., 
of Dallas in due ancient and solemn manner installed at 
Scottish Rite Hall at Dallas, Texas, Dallas Consistory 
No. 2, A. & A. S. R. under temporary charter. 



68 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

The folowing brothers were present as charter members : 
Chas. Kahn, H. G. Schnelle, J. E. Flanders, J. W. 
Howerth, R. C. Bryant, E. D. Muller, A. V. Nogueira, 
Oscar Seligman, Ben Irelson, E. M. Reardon, W. H. Key- 
ser, Alex Sanger, George Lang, George H. Green, Jos. 
Swope, W. W. Seley, F. W. Bodeker, Elijah Putman, W. 
T. Russell, M. H. Thomas, Heber Page, Walter Donovan, 
E. M. Tillman, John M. Spellman, A. P. Tenison, Her- 
man Burgower, Charles F. Smith, Jos. Linz, Simon Linz, 
C. L. Alderman, H. F. Schevn, C. M. Kirk, J. T. Hurlbut, 
Jr., C. L. Holland, V. E. Armstrong, Sterling Price, C. W. 
Smith, Harris Dreeben, Milton Lichtenstein, N. E. Gram- 
mer, W. L. Shumate, John J. Stuart, Claude R. Hamil- 
ton, Sam P. Cochran, W. H. Martens. 

Brother Inspector General ordered, on account of ab- 
sence of Bro. E. M. Kahn, Treasurer-elect, an election for 
Treasurer, and Bro. E. M. Reardon was, after inspection 
of ballot, declared duly elected. 

Brother Inspector General installed in due, ancient and 
solemn manner the following brothers to their respective 
offices : 

Sam P. Cochran, (Commander in Chief) Master 
of Kadosh 

H. G. Schnelle, Prior 

Mike H. Thomas, Preceptor 

Walter Donovan, Chancellor 

John M. Spellman, Minister of State 

A. V. Nogueira, Almoner 

E. M. Tillman, Registrar 

E. M. Reardon, Treasurer 

J. E. Flanders, Primate 

Heber Page, Master of Ceremonies 

Ben Irelson, Expert 

|A. P. Tenison, Assistant Expert 

W. T. Russell, Standard Bearer 

N. E. Grammer, Master of Guard 

R. C. Bryant, Tyler 

Brother Inspector General A. B. Chamberlin explained 
in ringing words the true value of Scottish Rite Masonry 
and charged the officers especially with the carrying out 
with fervency and zeal the objects and aims of the Order, 
never neglect charity, not alone towards Masons, but 
also to profanes. 

Brother Donnelly of Guthrie, Okla., was unanimously 
elected an honorary member of Dallas, Consistory No. 2. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 69 

After conclusion of installation and above business, the 
Consistory W3s closed and the brothers with the visitors 
adjourned to the rooms of the Commercial Club, where all 
partook of bountiful feast, listening to the instructive as 
well as amusing and interesting speeches and toasts, de- 
livered by different brothers. 

E. M. Tillman, 32°, 

Registrar. 

Dallas Lodge of Perfection No. 7 was instituted Jan- 
uary 20, 1897. Being without n. permanent room or place 
to hold our meetings, the Author, realizing the unpre- 
paredness to exemplify the work with any degree of in- 
telligence as the Rituals demanded, he whose love for the 
Rite, and anxiety for the success of the Lodge, delegated 
to himself the responsibility of procuring a suitable hall 
for our temporary purpose. In order to accomplish such 
lan undertaking without a dollar in the Treasury or the 
consent of the members, Bro. Charles Kahn, 32°, was 
called to the rescue and after two day's search, we rented 
a room on the third floor of a building two doors East 
of Ervay, on Elm Street. We purchased lumber, and Bro. 
Daniel Cooper, 32°, built such lante-rooms and furniture 
as were required. Bro. Alex Sanger 32°, let us have car- 
pets, shades and cloth for the walls, Bro. Peacock did 
the painting for which he received the 14th Degree. Bro. 
Geo. Mummert, 14°, made the Candelabrums (3, 5, 7 & 9), 
Bro. Hotchkiss purchased the Altar and gave it to the 
Lodge, and it is in use at the present time. 

Bro. Kahn and Bro. Sanger have both been rewarded 
by the Supreme Council for their valued assistance in 
building up the Rite in the early days of its existence. 
Bro. Kahn was the first Venerable Master of Dallas 
Lodge of Perfection, and only two of the elected officers 
are now living. 

Immediately after occupying the Hall, and election of 
officers, the B. B. began to confer the Degrees, the mem- 
bership began to grow, and the Lodge room being small, 
at the suggestion of Bro. Cochran, we removed to the 
building then occupied by the York Rite Bodies, which 
proved unsatisfactory after a few months, and we then 
removed to a building on Commerce Street. Bro. Cochran 
then took the lead and selected Degree teams, and work 
began in earnest. Our home remained in that building 
until the present magnificent Cathedral was completed. 



70 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



The Rite today is in a healthy and prosperous condition, 
with a membership of about 2,500. 



HOW DALLAS LODGE OF PERFECTION DERIVED 

ITS NAME. 

The City of Dallas was named for George Mifflin Dallas, 
American Statesman and Diplomat. 

iHe was born in Philadelphia on July 10, 1792; grad- 
uated at Princeton, at the head of his class, in 1810; 
studied law in the office of his father, a financier, and 
was admitted to the bar in 1813. In the same year he 
went to Russia with Albert Gallatin as his secretary, 
returning to this country in 1814. He practiced law in 
New York and Philadelphia ; was chosen Mayor of Phila- 
delphia in 1828 ; and in 1829 was appointed United States 
attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He was 
a democratic member of the United States Senate in 
1831-1833; Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1833-1835; 
Minister to Russia 1835-1839; Vice President 1845-1849; 
Minister to England 1856-1861; and died at Philadelphia 
December 1, 1864. 

Dallas was settled. in 1841, and received its first char- 
ter as a city in 1856. 

DEMISED BODY. 

Orient of Texas Valley of Dallas, Nov. 10, 1890. 

To the Inspector General 
of the 33° degree in Texas: 

We the residents of the City and County of Dallas in 
said State, Perfect Elus of the 14° degree, as proven by 
your records and in good standing as vouched for offi- 
cially by your Deputy Inspector General Rudolph Gunner, 
33° Hon., acknowledging our allegiance, and that obedience 
is due from us to said Supreme Council of 33°, and its 
representative in Texas in all matters of said Rite, we do 
pray that you establish, congregate and constitute us into a 
Lodge of Perfection at said City of Dallas, to work the de- 
grees of said Rite, according to the laws and usage thereof 
from 4° to 14°, inclusive, creating lawful Perfect Elus there- 
by, which prayer being granted, we promise to comply with 
the usages and laws of said Rite, to pay all dues accruing 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 71 

to said Supreme Council as accustomed, and to be gov- 
erned by you and your lawful representaative in all things 
relating to said Rite not contrary to our vows, but con- 
sistent with pure Freemasonry, and as duty bound re- 
spectively pray. 

Rudolph Gunner, 33° Hon. 

Charles Albert Hotchkiss, 33° Hon 

Neal Starke, 32° 

Homan Starke, 32° 

James D. A. Harris, 32° 

Wm. Sydney Bryant, 32° 

E. M. Kahn, 32° 

Lawrence M. Knepfly, 32° 

Lysander Spofford Garrison, 32° 

Emanuel Tillman, 32° 

Charles Kahn, 32° 

Jeff N. Miller, 32° 

Alexander Sanger, 32° 

Wm. Henry Lewis, 32° 

Joseph Swope, 32° 

Edwin M. Reardon, 32° 

Milton Haynes Hickox, 32° 

Eugene Marshall, 32° 

James M. Pettigrew, 32° 

Franklin W. Angell, 32° 

Archibald W. Campbell, 32° 

Joseph W. Hill, 32° 

Albert Ullrich, 32° 

Received Nov. 11, 1890. 
Philip C. Tucker, 33°, 
S. G. I. G. in Texas. 

Orient of Dallas, November 10, 1890, C. E. 

Honorable Sir: 
Dear Bro : 

Enclosed please find $10.00 and the application for 
a Lodge of Perfection in Dallas, signed by 25 brethren 
of the Sc. R. 

We have SSBrethren 32°, and several 14° and 18°, resid- 
ing here, but I could not get all signatures as I wished, 
several are out of town at present. 
I am Honorable Sir 
and Dear Bro., 

Your humble servant, 
(Signed) Gunner, 33°. 



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To his Honor, 

the Insp. General, 
of the State of Texas, 
P. C. Tucker, Esq., 33°, 
Galveston. 

Orient of Dallas, November 25, 1890, C. E. 

Honorable Sir: 
Dear Bro: 

Conform your order I called a meeting of all Brethren 
and they elected for the Lodge of Perfection: 
Master, A. W. Campbell, 32° 
S. Warden, Dr. E. M. Tillman, 32° 
J. Warden, Hpman Starke, 32° 
Orator, L. S. Garrison, 32° 
Almoner, Chas. Kahn, 32° 
Secretary, Jos. W. Hill, 32° 
Treasurer, E. M. Reardon, 32° 
Expert, A. D. H. Silver, 32° 
Assistant Expert, Joseph Swope, 32° 
Master of C, L. M. Knepfly, 32° 
Cap. of G., D. Cooper, 32° 
The name of the Lodge has been chosen : ''Dallas" 
Lodge of Perfection. 

I am Honorable Sir 
and Dear Brother: 

Very Respectfully, 

Your obedient Servant, 
(Signed) Gunner, 33°. 

To the Insp. General of the 
State of Texas, 
Ph. C. Tucker, 33°, 
Galveston. 

Orient of Dallas, November 25, 1890, C. E. 

Honorable Sir, 
My Dear Bro. : 

The election created great satisfaction. All Brethren 
are in excellent spirits. We hope to God the Almighty to 
build up a Lodge that will do honor to our Rite. Please 
oblige me, by ordering all books needed, to be sent C.O.D. 
by express to me; more books are sent, better it will be! 
money is no matter with my brethren here, we want only 
instructions and books. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 73 



We will work hard and the success will be ours. Please 
order all books, what you think best. You are the best 
judge and you know best what we want. 

Excuse the trouble we are giving you, and oblige, 
Honorable Sir and dear Bro., 

Your humble servant, 
(Signed) Gunner, 33°. 



To His Honor 111. Inspector General Philip C. Tucker, 33% 
Galveston, Texas. 

IN DEO FIDUCIA NOSTRA. 
DES MEUMQUE JUS. 

In the Name and by the Authority of the Supreme 
Council (Mother Council of the World) of the Inspectors 
General, Knights Commander of the House of the Temple 
of Solomon, of the Thirty-third Degree of the Ancient and 
Accepted Scottish Rite of Fremasonry, for the Southern 
Jurisdiction of the United States, whose See is at the 
Grand Orient of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina. 

By its Inspector General 33° in Texas, 

WHEREAS, the B. B. Rudolph Gunner, 33°, Charles 
Albert Hotchkiss, 33° ; and Lysander Spofford Garrison 
32°; Emanuel Meadel Tillman, 32°; Neal Starke, 32° 
James Dudley A. Harris, 32° ; William Sidney Bryant, 32° 
Jeff Natha,n Miller, 32°; Charles Kahn, 32°; Lawrence 
Montgomery Knepfly, 32° ; Alexander Sanger, 32° ; Wil- 
Ham Henry Lewis, 32° ; E. M. Kahn, 32° ; Edwin Morris 
Reardon, 32° ; Joseph Swope, 32° ; Franklin William Angel, 
32°; Albert Ulrich, 32°; Archibald W. Campbell, 32°; Mil- 
ton Haynes Hickox, 32° ; Joseph Washington Hill, 32° ; 
Eugene Marshall, 32° ; James M. Pettigrew, 32° ; Henry 
F. Burt, 32°; Homen Starke, 32°, who are of Dallas in the 
County of Dallas, in the State of Texas, and known to be Per- 
fect Elus of this Rite of Freemasonry, have petitioned the 
Inspector General of said Supreme Council, in the State of 
Texas, to congregate them into and to constitute a Lodge of 
Perfection of the Fourteenth Degree of said Rite. 

Said Inspector General satisfied of the zeal, intelligence, 
Masonic loyalty and integrity of said petitioners, does 
grant said petition and by virtue of his powers as such 
Inspector General, charged with the government of said 



74 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Rite in said State of Texas, does by these presents create 
and constitute the aforesaid brethren into a Lodge of 
Perfect Elus and Perfection from this day forward for- 
ever; and do authorize and empower them to meet and 
work as such in the City of Dallas and County of Dallas, 
in the said State of Texas, by and under the distinctive 
name and title of Dallas (No. 7) Lodge of Perfection, and 
to confer upon such Master Masons in good standing and 
members of regular lodges of Master Masons, as they shall 
elect, the degrees of said Rite from the Fourth or Select 
Master to the Fourteenth or Perfect Elus, inclusive; and 
as such Masons to labor for the good of Freemasonry, 
their country and humanity, and to enjoy all the rights, 
benefits and privileges and prerogatives of a regular and 
duly constituted Lodge of Perfect Elus. 

And in accordance with the usage and practice in this 
Rite he does hereby appoint the Respectable Brother A. W. 
Campbell, 32°, to be the first Ven. Master; the Respectable 
Bro. E. M. Tillman, 32°, to be the first Sr. Warden, and 
the Respectable Bro. Homan Starke, 32°, the first Junior 
Warden, and the Respectable Bro. L. S. Garrison, 32°, to 
be the first Orator of said Lodge, authorizing the Brethren 
thereof to elect their Secretary, Treasurer and Almoner, 
and the Venerable Master to appoint the other officers 
thereof. 

May the Lodge be Fortunate, Prosperous and Useful! 
Donatus ut Supra, at the Orient of Galveston, Texas, 

under the C. C. of the Zenith which answers 

to the 29° 17' North Latitude this 

(Seal) 18th day of the Hebrew Month called Kisleu 

A. M. 5651, Corresponding with the first day 

of December, 1890 V. E. 
(Signed) Philip Crosby Tucker, 33°, 

Inspector General in Texas. 
Gr. Prior of said Supreme Council. 

The Scottish Rite Masons in Dallas, Texas, applied for 
a Charter for a Lodge of Perfection, November 10th, 
1890. The Letters Temporary were granted by Philip C. 
Tucker, 33°, S. G. I. G. in Texas, and the books were 
ordered January 27th, 1891, and received in due time by 
the Deputy in Charge at Dallas, for which he failed to 
remit the required amount, due the Supreme Council for 
the books, the S. G. I. G., after writing his Deputy re- 
peatedly to remit, and receiving no reply, to any of his 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 75 

letters, he instructed the Deputy to either remit or return 
the books. The books were returned to the S. G. I. G. 
March 14th, 1891, with no explanation ivhatever, nor did 
he notify the V. M. or members, hence the Lodge went 
by default, which the author desires to say was no fault 
of the Ven. Master, nor the members. It is not necessary 
to refer to the matter any further, as he is in possession 
of all papers concerning the defunct Body and to publish 
the entire history would be to open up an old sore, long 
since dead and forgotten, which was very humiliating and 
mortifying to the Brethren. However, no one was to blame 
but the Deputy Inspector General in charge. 

EL PASO BODIES. 

Minutes of a meeting of Scottish Rite Masons of El Paso, 
Masonic Hall, August 18th, 1905. 

In pursuance of a call by a committee consisting of J. J. 
Ormsbee, Chairman, E. W. S. Neff, K.C.C.H., and A. Stola- 
roff, 32°, a meeting was held at eight o'clock, August 19th, 
1905, in Masonic Hall, with the following present: 
. W. C. Beck, 32° Colonel Lewis, 32° 

B. Blumenthal, 32° W. H. McCullough, K.C.C.H. 

C. H. Bowen, 32° ,C. E. McBen, 32° 
J. B. Brady, 32° C. Longnecker, 32° 

E. M. Bray, 32° E. W. S. Neff, K.C.C.H. 

A. J. Carpenter, 32° G. L. Osborn, 33° Hon. 

A. P. Coles, 32° J. J. Ormsbee, 32° 

Fehx Cullen, 32° R. D. Richey, 32° 

A. W. Cheesman, 32° W. H. Seamon, 32° 

John Dormer, 32° A. E. Shepard, 32° 

H. T. Edgar, 32° J. A. Smith, 32° 

W. J. Eustace, 32° T. H. Springer, 32° 

S. J. Freudenthal, 32° A. Stolaroff, 32° 

W. B. Haines, 32° E. K. Talbot, 32° 

M. M. Harrell, 14° Frank Thatcher, 32° 

W. T. Hixson, 82° U. G. Worrilow, 32° 

The meeting was called to order by Brother J. J. Ormsbee, 
32°, who stated that its object was to take the preliminary 
steps to organize a Lodge of Perfection in El Paso. 

Upon motion. Brother E. W. S. Neff, K.C.C.H., was elect- 
ed temporary chairman, and took the chair. 

Upon motion. Brother J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, was elected 
temporary Secretary. 



76 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

The Secretary then read letters front Bro. A. B. Cham- 
berlin, 33°, S.G.I.G., in Texas, in regard tc establishing a 
Lodge in this City. 

Upon motion, the Secretary was directed to draw up a 
petition for Letters Temporary for a Lodge of Perfection. 

Upon motion, the chair appointed Bros. Edgar, Freduen- 
thal and Coles a committee to select a name for the Lodge. 

Upon motion, the chair appointed Bros. Bray, Thatcher, 
and Blumenthal a committee to suggest the names to be 
voted for to fill the various offices. 

A recess was taken, after which the committee on the 
name of the Lodge reported, and a ballot was taken which 
resulted in the choice of Mount Franklin as the name of the 
Lodge. 

The Secretary then drafted the petition, which upon mo- 
tion was approved, and signed by the following brothers 
present : 

E. W. S. Neff, K.C.C.H. C. Longnecker, 32° 

, H. T. Edgar, 32° Frank Thatcher, 32° 

A. P. Coles, 32° Colonel Lewis, 32° 
M. M. Harrell, 14° T. H. Springer, 32° 
E. K. Talbot, 32° W. T. Hixson, 32° 
W. B. Haines, 32° E. M. Bray, 32 

B. Blumenthal, 32° S. J. Freudenthal, 32° 
A. Stolaroff, 32° John Dormer, 32° 

A. J. Carpenter, 32° C. H. Bowen, 32° 

W. H. Seamon, 32° J. B. Brady, 32° 

C. E. McBen, 32° R. D. Richey, 32° 
U. G. Worilow, 32° J. J. Ormsbee, 32° 
Felix Cullen, 32° W. J. Eustace, 32° 
J. A. Smith, 32° 

The Secretary was instructed to hold the petition for a 
few days, in order that it might be signed by any other 
brothers who might wish to do so, not present at this meet- 
ing. 

The chairman then declared that the election of officers 
should be held, only those signing the petition having a vote. 
The various ballots resulted in the selection of the following : 

Venerable Master, Bro. E. C. Pew, 33° Hon. 

Senior Warden, Bro. E. W. S. Neff, K.C.C.H. 

Junior Warden, Bro. H. T. Ed^ar, 32° 

Orator, Bro. W. J. Eustace, 32° 

Almoner, Bro. A. Stolaroff, 32° 

Secretary, Bro. J. J. Ormsbee, 32° 

Treasurer, Bro. J. F. Williams, 32° 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 77 



The Secretary then read the schedule of what the ex- 
penses would be for Letters-Temporary, and also for Perma- 
nent Charter. Upon motion, he was. directed to remit an 
amount covering the cost of a Permanent Charter. 

Upon motion, an assessment of five dollars on each of the 
organizers was ordered, same to be credited on account of 
dues, if found practicable. 

Upon motion, the Venerable Master was instructed to 
make an arrangement with the Masonic Hall Association for 
the use of the hall for future meetings. * 

Upon motion, the meeting adjourned, subject to the call 
of the Venerable Master. 

Collections : 

E. M. Bray $5.00 C. E. McBean 5.00 

B. Blumenthal 5.00 T. H. Springer 5.00 

C. H. Bowen 5.00 W. H. Seamon 5.00 

Felix Cullen... 5.00 A. Stolaroff 5.00 

F. J. Graf 4.00 E. K. Talbot 5.00 

W. B. Haines 5.00 F. Thatcher 5.00 

Colonel Lewis 5.00 U. G. Worilow 5.00 

C. Longnecker 5.00 Total $74.00 

Attest : 

J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, Secretary. 

Note by the Secretary. 

The petition was held until August 26th, and on that date 
mailed to Brother A. B. Chamberlin, 33°, S. G. I. G. in 
Texas, the following names having been signed to it in addi- 
tion to those given above : 
E. Kohlberg, 32° James E. Bowen, 32° 

E. C. Pew, 33°, Hon. M. B. Murphy, 32° 

J. F. Williams, 32° A. Courschesne, 32° 

A. E. Carne, 32° B. J. Mustain, 32° 

H. A. Carpenter, 32° 



At a meeting held in the Masonic Temple, El Paso, 
Texas, on Friday, November 17th, 1905, Mount Frank- 
lin Lodge of Perfection No. 8, Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Juris- 
diction of the United States, was instituted in due form by 
Brother Edward Charles Pew, 33° Hon., acting as Deputy 
Inspector General, under the authorization of Brother A. 
B. Chamberlin, 33°, S. G. I. G. in Texas, dated October 
26th, 1905. 



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History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



The following members of the Rite were present: 



W. D. Anderson, 32° 

B. Blumenthal, 32" 
Thomas Booth, 32" 

C. A. Bowerfind, 33° Hon. 
J. B. Brady, 32" 
F. T. Bragonier, 32° 
E. M. Bray, 32° 
J. D. Campbell, 32° 
A. J. Carpenter, 32° 
H. A. Carpenter, 32° 
A. E. Carne, 32° 
A. W. Cheesman, 32° 
A. P. Coles, 32° 
A. Courschesne, 32° 
Felix Cullem, 32° 
John Dormer, 32° 
H. T. Edgar, 32° 
W. J. Eustace, 32° 
S. J. Freudenthal, 32° 
W. B. Haines, 32° 
M. M. Harrell, 14° 
W. J. Harris, 32° 
W. T. Hixson, 32° 
W. B. Kingsley, 32' 
A. A. KHne, 32° 
E. Kohlberg, 32° 
Haymon Krupp, 32° 
N. Lapowsky, 32° 
E. E. Levy, 32° 

The following brethren having signed the petition of 
August 18th, 1905, to the Sovereign Grand Inspector Gen- 
eral for the establishment of a Lodge of Perfection in El 
Paso, were duly and constitutionally instituted as charter 
members of Mount Franklin Lodge of Perfection No. 8: 



C. Longnecker, 32° 
S. F. Miller, 32° 
S. F. Moore, 32° 
M. B. Murphy, 32° 
B. J. Mustain, 32° 
A. McAfee, 32° 
W. H. McCullough, K.C.C.H. 
E. W. S. Neff, K.C.C.H. 
H. P. Naoke, 32° 
J. J. Ormsbee, 32° 
E. C. Pew, 33° Hon. 
R. D. Richey, 32° 
J. W. Robinson, 18° 
A. Schwartz, 32° 
J. A. Smith, 32° 
T. H. Springer, 32° 
J. J. Stewart, 32° 
W. M. Stockwell, 32° 
A. Stokorff, 32° 
E. K. Talbot, 32° 
Frank Thatcher, 32° 
S. A. Thompson, 32° 
R. C. Van Dorn, 32° 
W. N. Vilas, 32° 
J. F. Williams, 32° 
T. M. Wilson, 32° 
U. G. Worilow, 32° 
Total, 56 B. B. 



Bernhard Blumenthal, 32° 
J. B. Brady, 32° 
E. M. Bray, 32° 
A. E. Carne, 32° 
A. J. Carpenter, 32° 
A. P. Coles, 32° 
Alfred Courschesne, 32° 
Felix Cullen, 32° 



Ernst Kohlberg, 32° 
Clarence Longnecker, 32' 
M. B. Murphy, 32° 
B. J. Mustain, 32° 
E. W. S. Neff, K.C.C.H. 
J. J. Ormsbee, 32° 
R. D. Richey, 32° 
J. A. Smith, 32° 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 79 



J. W. Dormer, 32" T. H. Springer, 32° 

W. J. Eustace, 32° Aaron Stolaroff, 32° 

S. J. Freadenthal, 32° E. K. Talbot, 32° 

W. B. Haines, 32° Frank Thatcher, 32° 

M. M. Harrell, 14° J. F. WilHams, 32° 

W. T. Hixson, 32° U. G. Worilow, 32° 
H. A. Carpenter, 32° 

Deputy Grand Inspector General E. C. Pew, 33° Hon., as- 
sisted by Bro. W. H. McCullough, K. C. C. H., as Grand Mar- 
shal of Ceremonies, then installed the Officers of Mount 
Franklin Lodge of Perfection No. 8, as follows: 

Venerable Master, B. Blumenthal, 32° 
Senior Warden, E. W. S. Neff, K.C.C.H. 
Junior Warden, J. B, Brady, 32° 
Orator, W. J. Eustace, 32° 
Almoner, A. Stolaroff, 32° 
Secretary, J. J. Ormsbee, 32° 
Treasurer, J. F. WilHams, 32° 
Master of Ceremonies, Frank Thatcher, 32° 
Expert, C. Longnecker, 32° 
Assistant Expert, K. D. Richey, 32° 
Captain of the Host, A. J. Carpenter, 32° 
Tiler, J. W. Dormer, 32° 

Nothing appearing, the Lodge was closed in due form, 
subject to the call of the Venerable Master. 

Attest : 

J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, Secretary. 



El Paso Chapter Rose Croix No. 4. 

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Val- 
ley of El Paso, Orient of Texas, July 31st, 1906. 

At a meeting of Brethren of the Rite held in the Masonic 
Hall, Monday, evening, July 30th, 1906, the preliminary 
steps looking to the establishment of a Chapter of Rose 
Croix in El Paso, were taken. The name chosen was Oasis 
Chapter of Rose Croix No. — — . The following were select- 
ed as officers : 

For First Wise Master, E. C. Pew, 33° Hon. 

For First Senior Warden, S. J. Freudenthal, 32° 

For First Junior Warden, J. F. Williams, 32° 

For First Secretary, J. J. Ormsbee, 32° 



80 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Twenty-seven brothers have signed the application for a 
charter, in order that still others may sign, if they wish to, 
it was ordered that the petition be left with Brother J. F. 
Williams, 32°, at the First National Bank, until August 10th, 
on which date it will be forwarded to Washington. 

All Brethren of the 18°, or higher, members in good stand- 
ing of Bodies of the Rite under the Southern jurisdiction of 
the United States, are invited to sign the petition. The 
signing of the petition and being present on the night of 
institution of the Body are the requisites for charter mem- 
bership. This institution is expected to be late in August, 
or early in September. 

Fraternally, 

J. J. Ormsbee, Secretary. 

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, 
Orient of Texas, Valley of El Paso, September 25th, 1906. 
Brethren of the Rite are hereby informed that Brother 
E. W. S. Neff, I. G. Hon., who has been appointed by Broth- 
er Chamberlin, 33°, S. G. I. G. in Texas, as his Special De- 
puty for the purpose of Constituting Oasis Chapter Knights 
Rose Croix No. 5, has notified the officers-elect that he pro- 
poses to Constitute said Chapter and install its officers on 
the night of Tuesday, October 2nd, 1906. 

All Brethren of the Rite of the 18th Degree or above, in 
good standing, are cordially invited to be present. 
Fraternally, 

J. J. Ormsbee, 32% 

Secretary. 

Minutes of a meeting of Knights Rose Croix, held in the 
Masonic Hall, El Paso, Texas, on the evening of October 
2nd, 1906, for the purpose of instituting Oasis Chapter, of 
Rose Croix, No. 5. 

Members present: 

E. C. Pew, 33° Hon. A. A. Kline, 32° 

J. J. Ormsbee, 32° Clarence Longnecker, 32° 

A. Courschesne, 32° J. B. Brady, 32° 

Bernard Blumenthal, 32° T. M. Wilson, 32° 

W. A. Fleming Jones, 32° W. D. Anderson, 32° 

Colonel Lewis, 32° W. J. Eustace, 32° 

A. W. Cheesman, 32° H. A. Carpenter, 32° 

T. J. Beall, 32° J. W. Dormer, 32° 

E. W. S. Neff, 33° Hon. W. T. Hixson, 32° 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 81 



J. F. Williams, 32" E. K. Talbot, 32° 

Frank Thatcher, 32° W. T. Downing, 32° 

W. B. Haines, 32° Adolph Schwartz, 30° 

Haymon Krupp, 32° J 

Brother E. W. S. Neff, 33°* Hon., called the meeting to 
order, and caused the secretary to read the communication 
from Bro. A. B. Chamberlin, 33° S. G. I. G. in Texas, under 
date of Sept. 22nd, 1906, appointing Bro. E. W. S. Neff, 33° 
Hon., as his special Deputy to Constitute and Inaugurate 
a Chapter of Knights Rose Croix, of the A. & A. S. R. at 
El Paso, Texas, and install its officers. 

Brother S. J. Freudenthal, 32°, the Senior Warden elect, 
not being present, an election was held to fill that office, 
resulting in the choice of Colonel Lewis, 32°. 

Ballots for the remaining elective officers were held, re- 
sulting as follows : 

Treasurer, W. T. Hixson, 32° 
Orator, W. J. Eustace, 32° 
Almoner B. Blumenthal, 32° 

The Wise Master elect then announced the appointment 
of the following : 

Master of Ceremonies, A. W. Cheesman, 32° ' 
Expert, Frank Thatcher, 32° 
Assistant Expert, W. B. Haines, 32° 
Guardian of Temple, Clarence Longnecker, 32° 
Standard Bearer, Alfred Courschesne, 32° 
Tiler, J. W. Dormer, 32° 

Ill.:Bro. E. W. S. Neff, 33° Hon., as Deputy Grand In- 
spector General, assisted by Bro. T. J. Beall, 32°, as Grand- 
Chancellor, then and there in due form constituted and in- 
augurated this Chapter of Knights Rose Croix, under the 
name and style of Oasis Chapter No. 5, the following named 
brethren taking the vows : 

T. J. Beall, 32° W. A. Fleming Jones, 32° 

W. D. Anderson, 32° Haymon, Krupp, 32° 

Bernard Blumenthal, 32° Colonel Lewis, 32° 

J. B. Brady, 32° Clarence Longnecker, 32*^ 

H. A. Carpenter, 32° J. J. Ormsbee, 32° 

A. W. Cheesman, 32° E. C. Pew, 33° Hon. 

Alfred Courschesne, 32° Adolph SchwBrtz, 32° 

J. W. Dormer, 32° E. K. Talbot, 32° 

W. T. Downing, 32° Frank Thatcher, 32° 

W. J. Eustace, 32° J. F. Williams, 32° 



82 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



W. B. Haines, 32° J. F. Williams, 32° 

W. T. Hixson, 32° T. M. Wilson, 32° 

There being no further business the Chapter was called 
off. 

Attest: J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, Secretary. 



EL PASO COUNCIL OF KADOSH 

Called meeting was held in the A. & A. S. R. Hall, Masonic 
Temple, El Paso, Texas, Tuesday evening, February 19th, 
1907, at 8 p. m., for the purpose of Constitution and Inau- 
guration of a Council of Kadosh, also to elect and appoint 
officers, and install officers elect and appointed. 

The meeting was called to order by Bro. Alf. W. Chees- 
man, 32°, as temporary chairman, who announced the meet- 
ing was called for the purpose of Constituting and Inaugu- 
rating Rio Grande Council No. 3, Knights Kadosh, Letters- 
Temporary having been granted by the Supreme Council 
for that purpose. 

Deputy Inspector General, Ill.:Bro. E. W. S. Neff, 33° 
Hon., was received together with Ill.:Bro. E. C. Pew, 33° 
Hon., and 111. :Bro. J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, as Special Officers 
of the Supreme Council, appointed by 111. : Bro. A. B. Cham- 
berlin, 33° S. G. I. G. in Texas, and proceeded to Constitute 
and Inaugurate Rio Grande Council No. 3, Knights Kadosh. 
Special Deputy 111. :Bro. E. W. S. Neff, 33° Hon., in ad- 
dressing the brethren said before I can proceed to Consti- 
tute and Inaugurate your Council, I must, according to the 
ancient custom of the order, receive your vows of fealty and 
allegiance. These are entirely consistent with your obliga- 
tions as Scottish Rite Masons, and with the maintenance 
of your dirties as men and citizens. 

The following are the brethren that took the Vow of alle- 
giance to the Supreme Council of the 33°, for the Southern 
Jurisdiction of the United States Mother Council of the 
World) : 
S. Aronstein, 32° H. M. Levinson, 32° 

W. H. Anderson, 32° C. H. Leavell, 32° 

S. S. Birchfield, 32° F. J. Loppenthein, 32° 

L. T. Botto, 32° C. Longnecker, 32° 

Sol. I. Berg, 32° W. H. McCullough, 33° Hon. 

F. W. Bauer, 32° J. D. Mason, 32° 

A. Blumenthal, 32° R. M. Mayes, 32° 

E. M. Bray, 32° C. E. McBean, 32° 



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83 



B. Blumenthal, 32" 
Albert Biefer, 32' 

A. W. Cheesman, 32° 

E. R. Carpenter, 32° 
A. P. Coles, 32° 

T. E. Clifford, 32° 
T. B. Collier, 32° 
J. B. Carothers, 32° 
A. J. Carpenter, 32° 
A. Courchesne, 32° 
W. T. Downing, 32° 
J. T. Dormer, 32° 
W. J. Eustace, 32° 

F. M. Flood, 32° 

S. J. Freudenthal, 32° 
W. W. Greek, 32° 
J. E. Grayson, 32° 
H. L. Goldenberg, 32° 
W. T. Hixson, 32° 
W. J. Harris, 32° 

G. M. Hyndes, 32° 
J. I. Hewitt, 32° 
W. B. Haines, 32° 
E. B. Jones, 32° 
Daniel Kelly, 32° 
A. A. Kline, 32° 

C. F. Kanen, 32° 
E. Kohlberg, 32° 
Gamett King, 32° 
Colonel Lewis, 32° 



G. M. Miller, 32° 
Frank Meyers, 32° 
B. J. Mustain, 32° 

F. P. Miller, 32° 
H. P- Noake, 32° 

G. W. Newell, K.C.C.H. 

D. E. Pairis, 32° 

J. E. Robertson, 32° 
T. B. Robertson, 32° 

B. R. Roach, 32° 
J. R. Segall, 32° 
A. Stolaroff, 32° 
A. L. Sharpe, 32° 
J. A. Smith, 32° 
F. B. Stuart, 32° 

T. H. Springer, 32° 
A. Schwartz, 32° 
N. Solomon, 32° 
F. B. Simmons, 32' 
S. A. Thompson, 32° 
Frank Thatcher, 32° 

E. K. Talbot, 32° 
W. N. Vilas, 32° 
W. H. Winter, 32° 
J. E. Walker, 32° 

C. F. Wilken, 32° 

J. Y. Wadlington, 32° 
W. B. Wilson, 32° 
J. F. Williams, 32° 
H. L. Young, 32° 



V. G. Lewis, 32° 

The ceremonies were then concluded by the Special Depu-- 
ty announcing, in the name of God, unto whom be all honor 
and Glory forever, I do pronounce and declare this Council 
of Knights Kadosh to be duly Constituted and Inaugurated 
under the distinctive title of Rio Grande Council, No. 3, 
Knights Kadosh, of the State of Texas, and in accordance 
with its Letters Patent of Constitution. May Peace, Unity 
and Loving-kindness always reign in it. May it prosper, 
and all its undertakings be wise and good and crowned with 
success. 

Installation of Officers. 

The Officers elect and appointed were then installed by 
Special Deputy Inspector General, 111. :Bro. E. W. S. Neff, 
33° Hon., assisted by 111. :Bro. E. C. Pew, 33° Hon., and 



84 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Bro. J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, at the conclusion, Very Eminent 
Commander Bro. Alf. W. Cheesman, 32°, was invested with 
the insignia of his Commandership. 

The Very Eminent Commander called upon the Knights 
to salute the Officers of the Supreme Council. This con- 
cluded the ceremonies of installing the Officers, which are : 

Eminent Commander, Alf. W. Cheesman, 32° 

Prior, W. T. Downing, 32° 

Preceptor, J. R. Segall, 32° 

Chancellor, J. I. Hewitt, 32° 

Orator, W. J. Eustace, 32° 

Almoner, B. Blumenthal, 32° 

Recorder, W. H. McCullough, 33° Hon. 

Treasurer, J. F. Williams, 32° 

Marshal of Ceremonies, L. T. Botto, 32° 

Turcopilier, C. Longnecker, 32° 

Draper, J. D. Mason, 32° 

First Deacon, Sol. I. Berg, 32° 

Second Deacon, A. Blumenthal, 32° 

Bearer of the Beausant, R. M. Mayes, 32° 

Bearer of the 1st Standard, Albert Biefer, 32° 

Bearer of the 2nd Standard, W. B. Haines, 32° 

Lieutenant of the Guard, H. L. Young, 32° 

Sentinel, John W. Dormer, 32° 

Upon motion, the Recorder was instructed to write J. J. 
Davis, 33° Hon., Deputy of the S. G. I. G. in Texas, for a 
Special Dispensation to elect candidates and confer the de- 
grees out of the Statutory Time otherwise required, in Rio 
Grande Council No. 3, Knights Kadosh. 

Upon motion a meeting was called for Tuesday evening, 
February 26th, at 8 p. m., for any business that may be 
legally brought before it. 

There being no further business, the Council was ad- 
journed. 



Attest : 



W. H. McCullough, 33° Hon., Recorder. 

E. W. S. Neff, 33° Hon., Special Deputy. 

J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, Grand Chancellor. 

E. C. Pew, 33° Hon., Grand Master of Ceremonies. 

Alf. W. Cheesman, 32°, Commander. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 85 



EL PASO CONSISTORY No. 3 

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Val- 
ley of El Paso, Orient of Texas, July 19th, 1907. 
To all Masters of the Royal Secret — Greeting: 
We have now been honored with the privilege of estab- 
lishing the highest subordinate Body of the Rite, a Con- 
sistory. The instituting of El Paso Consistory No. 3, and 
the installation of its Officers will take place in the Scot- 
tish Rite Hall- Masonic Temple, at eight p. m., Tuesday, July 
23rd, 1907, 111. :Bro. C. E. Pew, 33° Hon. having been spe- 
cially deputized by the Sovereign Grand Inspector General. 
All members of the Rite under the Southern Jurisdiction of 
the United States of America, who have attained the 32°, 
and who are in good standing, are eligible for Charter mem- 
bership, and are cordially invited to be present, at the insti- 
tuting and take the oath of allegiance. Only those who are 
present at such institution can become Charter members, 
under the Statutes of the Supreme Council. 

All Masters of the Royal Secret, belonging to other recog- 
nized Jurisdictions, are also heartily invited to be with us 
on this occasion. 

With fraternal regards to all, 

J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, Master of the Kadosh Elect. 

L. T. Botto, 32°, Prior Elect. 

W. J. Eustace, 32°, Preceptor Elect. 

W. H. McCullough, 33°, Hon. Registrar Elect. 

Called meeting was held in the A. & A. S. R. R. Hall, Ma- 
sonic Temple, El Paso, Texas, July 23rd, 1907, for the pur- 
pose of Constituting and Inaugurating, Electing and Install- 
ing the Officers of El Paso Consistory No. 3. 

Brother J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, Master of the Kadosh Elect, 
stated the first business in order would be the election of 
Chancellor; F. P. Miller, 32°, Orator; J. F. Williams, 32°, 
Treasurer; B. Blumenthal, 32°, Hospitaler. 

The following brethren having received the majority of 
all votes cast, were declared elected: H. H. Major, 32°, 
Chancellor; F. P. Miller, 32°, Orator; J. F. Williams, 32°, 
Treasurer; B. Blumenthal, 32°, Hospitaler. 

111. :Bro. E. C. Pew, 33° Hon., being in waiting, was in- 
troduced as the Special Deputy of the S. G. I. G. in Texas 
(Bro. A. B. Chamberlin, 33°), to Constitute and Inaugu- 
rate El Paso Consistory No. 3 and Install its Officers, 
Bro. E. C. Pew, 33° Hon., appointed 111. :Bro. E. W. S. Neff, 



86 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



33° Hon., to act as Preceptor; Bro. F. B. Stuart, 32°, to act 
as Prior; Bro. S. A. Thompson, 32°, to act as Primate, and 
Bro. Alf. W. Cheesman, 32°, to act as Marshal of Ceremo- 
nies, and then and there Constituted and Inaugurated El 
Paso Consistory No. 3. After declaring the Consistory at 
Labor, proceeded to install the officers, which were: 

J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, Master of the Kadosh. 

L. T. Botto, 32°, Prior. 

W. J. Eustace, 32°, Preceptor. 

S. A. Thompson, 32°, Primate. 

F. P. Miller, 32° Orator. 

B. Blumenthal, 32°, Hospitaler. 

W. H. McCullough, 33° Hon., Registrar. 

J. F. Williams, 32°, Treasurer. 

H. H. Majors, 32°, Chancellor. 

At the conclusion of which the Book of Gold, and Let- 
ters-Patent of Constitution, were surrendered to the Mas- 
ter of the Kadosh, the brethren joining in expressing their 
respect and esteem for 111. Bro. E. C. Pew, 33° Hon., 
Special Deputy. 

Brother J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, Master of Kadosh, an- 
nounced the appointment of the following named brethren. 
Colonel Lewis, 32°, to Marshall of Ceremonies; W. B. 
Wilson, 32°, Expert; W. W. Greek, 32°, Assistant Expert; 
C. F. Hanson, 32°, Standard Bearer; Nathan Solomon, 32°, 
Master of the Guard; J. W. Dormer, 32°, Tiler. 

The Master of Kadosh installed the above named breth- 
ren in their respective offices. 

On motion the by-laws of the Consistory were adopted. 

There being no further business the Consistory was 
closed. 

Attest: W. H. McCullough, 33° Hon., Registrar. 
J. J. Ormsbee, 32°, M. of the K. 
L. T. Botto, 32°, Prior. 
W. J. Eustace, 32°, Preceptor. 

The following brethren being Masters of the Royal 
Secret, took the vow of fealty and allegiance, to the Su- 
preme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United 
States (Mother Council of the World), and to El Paso 
Consistory No. 3. 
Note. 

All the brethren who took the oath, in the Council, took 
the oath in the Consistory, with the addition of the fol- 
lowing : 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 87 

G. A. Trost, 32° A. E. Hale, 32° 

Eugene Moses, 32° J. J. Ormsbee, 32° 

J. L. Luse, 32° E. C. Pew, 33° Hon. 

J. D. Campbell, 32° J. L. Haintz, 32° 

Harris Krupp, 32° C. M. Dawley, 32° 

H. H. Major, 32° E. W. S. Neff, 33° 

J. B. Green, 32° C. F. Hanson, 32° 

J. B. Brady, 32' W. D. Anderson, 32° 

R. D. Richey, 32° H. G. Ross, 32° 

T. A. Thurston, 32° J. C. Lackland, 32° 
W. A. Fleming Jones, 32° H. A. Carpenter, 32° 

P. A. Raymond, 32° J. Stolaroff, 32° 

Haymon Krupp, 32° C. N. Bassett, 32° 

Mount Franklin Lodge of Perfection No. 8. Name de- 
rived from Mt. Franklin overlooking the City of El Paso 
from the North. 

Oasis Chapter, Knights Rose Croix No. 5. Name de- 
rived from the suggested proximity of the American 
desert country to El Paso. 

Rio Grande Council Knights Kadosh No. 3, takes its 
name from the Historic Rio Grande River, the dividing 
line between Mexico and Texas. 

El Paso Consistory No. 3, named for the city in which 
it exists. 

DEMISED BODIES. 

EL PASO LODGE OF PERFECTION NO. 5. 

A. A. S. R. 

El Paso, Texas, April 11, 1883, 
Corresponding with the 4th day of the 
Month Nisan, A. M. 5643. 

A Lodge of Perfection was opened in due and Ancient 
form under the Authority of the Grand Commander 
Albert Pike 33°, assisted by the Grand Treasurer Fred 
Webber 33°, granting upon the prayer named brethren 
that the following Letter Temporary: 



88 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Dei Optimi Maximi Universitatis Rerum 
Fontis AC Originis Ad Gloriam 

IN DEO FIDUCIA NOSTRA 

From the Grand Orient of Hierodom, at Charleston, in 
the State of South Carolina near the B. B. and under the 
C. C. of that Zenith which answers unto 
32° 46' 33 N. Lat. 

By the Grand Commander of the Supreme Council 
(Mother Council of the World) of the Inspectors General, 
Knights Commanders of the House of the Temple of 
Solomon of the 33° of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish 
Rite of Free Masonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the 
United States whose See is at the Grand Orient aforesaid. 
WHEREAS : 

Samuel Watson Boring 
Charles Benjamin Patrick George Berliner 
Charles Lewis Johnathan Charles Robert Moorehead 

Warden Pierce Joseph Shutz 

Benjamin Disman Samuel Smith Gillespie 

Wm. Horton Mitchell Charles Thomas Jackson 

Wm. Hanson Sibley Benjamin Shuster 

John J. Stewart John Alexander McKinney 

Zeno Franklin Merrell 

and Albert Frederick Steinbuch 32°, all of whom are per- 
fect Elus of the Fourteenth Degree of the said Rite, who 
are Residents of the Town of El Paso in the State of 
Texas, being known and proven to us to be of the said 
Rite, 

Have this day prayed us, Albert Pike, the Grand Com- 
mander afoT-esaid to congregate them into and to constitute 
them a Lodge of Perfection of the Fourteenth Degree of 
the said Rite and we, knowing the Masonic Virtues, 
intelligence and zeal of the said petitioners, and desirous 
to increase the usefulness of our beloved Rite, 

NOW, THEREFORE, by authority of the Supreme 
Council, We do hereby create and constitute the said 
Brethren and Perfect Elus a Temporary Lodge of Perfec- 
tion of such, from this day forth and do empower them 
to meet and work as such in the said town of El Paso 
in the County of El Paso in the said State of Texas by 
and under the distinctive title of El Paso Lodge of Per- 
fection No. 5 of the State of Texas, and we do warrant 
and empower them in the said Lodge to make perfect 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 89 

Elus, conferring upon such Master Masons in good stand- 
ing as. they shall elect the Degrees of said Rite from 
the Fourth to the Fourteenth, inclusive, and as such 
Masons to labor for the good of Masonry, their country 
and Humanity, enjoying all the rights, benefits, privileges 
and prerogatives of a regular and duly constituted Lodge 
of Perfection. 

AND WE DO hereby appoint and commission the 
Brother Samuel Watson Boring to be the First Venerable 
Master ; 

Brother Charles Benjamin Patrick, Sr. Warden; 

Brother George Berliner, Jr. Warden; 

Brother Charles Lewis J. W. Pierce, to be first Orator 
of the said Lodge, authorizing the Brethren thereof to elect 
their Secretary, Treasurer and Almoner and the Venerable 
Master to appoint the other officers thereof. 

May the said Lodge be fortunate, prosperous and useful. 

In testimony whereof, we the Grand Commander do 

hereunto set our hand and affix the seal of our arms of 

office and do cause these Letters Temporary 

(SEAL) to be countersigned by our Secretary-General 

and the great Seal of our Supreme Council to 

be hereunto affixed. 

At the Grand Orient aforesaid, this the Fourth 
of the Month Nisan, A. M., 5643, and the 
eleventh day of April, 1883 V. E., and of the 
Supreme Council the Eighty-second Year. 
Wm. M. Ireland, 33°, Albert Pike, 33°, 

Secretary General (Seal) Grand Commander (Seal) 

Issued by me, Albert Pike, 33°, Grand Commander 

of the Supreme Council at El Paso in said State, the 

Eleventh day of April, 1883 V. E. 

Albert Pike, 33°, 
Grand Commander. 

Instituting, commissioning and installing the following 

Officers : 

Ssmuel W. Boring, 32°, V. M. 
Charles B. Patrick, 32°, Sr. W. 
Charles Lewis J. W. Pierce, 32°, Orator. 
Directing and authorizing the Venerable Mas- 
ter to order the Election of a Secretary, 
Treasurer and Almoner to appoint all such 
other officers as required by the Edicts of 

the Supreme Council. 



90 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

k 

The Brethren thereupon elected Bro. Benja- 
min Patrick, 14°, Secretary; Joseph Shutz, 32°, Treasurer; 
Charles Moorehead, Almoner. 

The V. M. appointed the following Brethren to the fol- 
lowing offices: 

Bro. Wm. K. Mitchell, 18°, Master of Cer. 
Bro. Samuel Gillespie, 14°, Expert 
Bro. John A. McKinney, 14°, Asst. Expert 
Bro. John J. Stewart, 14°, C. of H. 
Whereupon all so elected or appointed were 
duly installed except the Treasurer, he being 
absent. 

No further business, the Lodge closed in due 
and ancient form, Peace and Harmony pre- 
vailing. 
Attest: S. W. Boring, 32°, V. M. 

Henry Berliner, 32°, Secretary.* 

Extract from fetters of Bro. Albert Pike, 33°. 
El Paso, April 13, 1883, to Bro. Philip Crosby Tucker, 33°, 
Active Member and Inspector General at Galveston, Texas, 
6th day of Nisan, 5643. 

With Bro. Webber's help, I have established here in El 
Paso a Lodge of Perfection No. 5. 

Officers and Members as follows: 

Bro. Samuel Watson Boring, 32°, V. M. 

Bro. Charles Benjamin Patrick, 32°, Sr. W. 

Bro. George Berliner, 32°, Jr. W. 

Bro. Charles L. J. W. Pierce, 32°, Orator 

Bro. Charles R. Moorehead, 32° Almoner 

Bro. Benjamin Disman, 14°, Secretary 

Bro. Joseph Schutz, 32°, Treasurer 

Bro. Wm. H. Mitchell, 18°, M. of Cev. 

Bro. Samuel L. Gillespie, 14°, Expert 

Bro. John T. McKinney, 14°, Asst. Expert 

Bro. William H. Sibley, 32° 

Bro. Charles T. Jackson, 32° 

Bro. John J. Stewart, 14° 

Bro. Benjamin Shuster, 14° 

Zeno F. Merrell, 32° 

Bro. Albert J. Steinbuch, 32° 

Made in State of Nevada. 

The above is a true copy of the letters as it appears on 
the Book of Records. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 91 

EL PASO LODGE OF PERFECTION NO 5. 
A. A. S. R. 

El Paso, Texas, August 19th, 1883. 
16th day of Hebrew Month H. D., 5643. 

At a Lodge of Perfection held this day, VOTED: 

PREAMBLE 
WHEREAS : 

On April 13, 1883, a fire in the City of El Paso de- 
stroyed all Records of Minutes, Memorandums, Books and 
other papers referring to above Lodge, then in possession 
of our tried Secretary. 

RESOLVED: That the present Acting Secretary be 
requested to collect from memory and otherwise, all the 
facts as near as possible and to enter the same on a book 
of Record. 

Attest: C. P. Patrick, 32°, 

Henry Berliner, 32°, V. M. Pro tern. 

Acting Secretary. 



EL PASO LODGE OF PERFECTION NO 5. 
A. A. S. R. 

Orient of El Paso Lodge of Perfection No. 5, the 3rd 
day of Deibe V. E. 1885, which answers the 25th day of 
the Hebrew month Kisleu A. M. 5646. 

Notices of a stated meeting were sent. No quorum 
appearing, no meeting was held. 

Attest: Henry Berliner, 32°, 

Secretary. 

The Book of Record shows no other meeting after this. 

Orient of El Paso, Texas, the Eighth day of the Hebrew 
month Kisleu, A. M. 5644, which answers to the Seventh, 
day of December, V. E. 1883. At an Adjourned Meeting' 
of the Masters of the Royal Secret Residents of El Paso, 
Texas, held this day. 

Bro. S. W. Boring, Presiding. 
Henry Berliner, Secretary, 



92 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

MOVED, SECONDED AND CARRIED, to proceed to 
elect the first officers for a Chapter of Rose Croix, Bro. C. 
B. Patrick to be the First V. M. ; W. H. Mitchell, Sr., W. — ; 
W. S. Atherton, Jr., W. ; Henry Berliner, Secretary; Joseph 
Schutz, Treasurer; S. W. Boring, Orator; C. R. Moorehead, 
Almoner. 

On motion, the Secretary was instructed to forward to 
Bro. Philip C. Tucker, Inspector General at Galveston, the 
petition for a Charter Temporary, for a Charter of Rose 
Croix and the Sum of Eighty-seven Dollars in payment of 
such Letters Temporary and Books as required by the Rules 
of the Supreme Council. 

Adjourned. S. W. Boring, 

Presiding. 

Attest: 

Henry Berliner, 

Secretary. 

EL PASO CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX NO. 4 
A. A. S. R. 

directed, for the purpose of applying to Inspector General 
No. 4 of El Paso, Texas, under the C. C, near the B. B. un- 
der that Zenith which answers the 30° 42' N. Latitude, the 
2nd day of October, V. E. 1884, which answers the Thir- 
teenth day of the Hebrew month Tisri, A. M. 5645. 

"TO THE GLORY OF THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF 
THE UNIVERSE." 

At a stated meeting held at above day 
^ On motion ''RESOLVED," that the Secretary is hereby 
directed, for the purpose of applying for Inspector General 
Ph. C. Tucker, 33°, for Letters Perpetual, reports the doings 
and workings of this Chapter since its organization 29th day 
of March, V. E. 1884. 

In obedience to above Resolution, I have the honor to 
report : 

This Chapter has held Eight Stated Meetings, 

Six Called Meetings. 

At the request of this Chapter, Bro. Joseph K. Ashby, 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 93 

32% Deputy Inspector General, assisted this Chapter in cre- 
ating the following Brothers to the exalted Degree of Val- 
iant and Perfect Knights of the Rose Croix. 

John Alexander McKinney 

William Crosby 

Frank B. Wightman 

Daniel Edward Davidson 

George Bernard Zimpleman 

John C. Theon 

Adrian Frank Heck 

Henry Le Roy Dewes 

Thomas C. Lutterloh 

Given the day above written under the Seal of this Chap- 
ter. 

Henry Berhner, 32°, Secretary. 
Eques a Fide 

To the Bro. Inspector General, Active Member of the Su- 
preme Council of 33° for the Southern Jurisdiction of the 
United States in and for the State of Texas. 



The following named Knights of the Rose Croix, Eigh- 
teenth Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 
of Free Masonry, Residents of the County of El Paso, in the 
State of Texas, known to you officially as such and of the 
Obedience of the Supreme Council of the Southern Juris- 
diction respectfully petition that you create thereinto a tem- 
porary Chapter of the Rose Croix Eighteenth Degree of the 
said Rite and do by Letters Temporary of Constitution, con- 
gregate therein accordingly with the customary power and 
duties of such a Body in said Jurisdiction to be located at 
the City of El Paso, State of Texas, to be called El Paso 
Chapter of the Rose Croix No. , and we do promise to 

obey and observe the Constitution, Laws and Usages of said 
Rite and pay due respect to the Lawful Authorities thereof 
as such Chapter and as Members thereof. 

Orient of El Paso, Texas, the 27th day of the Hebrew 
month Tisri A. M. 5644, which answers to the Twenty- 
eighth day of October V. E. 1883. SIGNED: 
Benjamin Schuster, 32° 
William Henson Sibley, 32° 
Thomas Daniel Newton, 32° 



94 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Charles Lewis J. W. Pierce, 32" 
William Gillespie Thompson, 32° 
Thomas Jeremiah Beall, 32° 
Charles Thomas Jackson, 32° 
John Best Williams, 32° 
Charles Benjamin Patrick, 32° 
Joseph Schutz, 32° 
William Johnathan Fewell, 32° 
William Samuel Atherton, 32° 
Charles Robert Morehead, 32° 
Henry Berliner, 32° 
John Julian, 32° 
Samuel Watson Boring, 32° 
James J. Stewart, 32° 
William Horton Mitchell, 32° 
Albert Frederick Steinbach, 32° 
Samuel Smith Gilespie, 32° 
Joseph Magoffin, 32° 
Daniel P. Stewart, 32° 
Frederick Larkins, 32° 
John J. Stewart, 32° 

To the Bro. Inspector-General, Active Member of the Su- 
preme Council of 33d for the Southern Jurisdiction of the 
United States in and for the State of Texas. 

The following named Knights of the Rose Croix, 18°, of 
the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, 
Residents of the County of El Paso, in the State of Texas, 
known to you officially as such, and of the obedience of the 
Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction respectfully 
petition that you create them into a temporary Chapter of 
the Rose Croix 18th Degree of the said Rite and do by Let- 
ters temporary of Constitution congregate them according- 
ly, with the customary power and duties of such a Body in 
said Jurisdiction to be located at the City of El Paso, State 
of Texas, to be called . 



EL PASO 

CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX 

and we do promise to obey and observe the Constitution, 
Laws and Usages of said Rite and pay due respect to" the 
lawful authorities thereof as such Chapter and as Mem- 
bers thereof. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 95 



IN DEO FIDUCIO NOSTRO 

Orient of El Paso, Texas, the twenty-seventh day of the 
Hebrey^ Month, Tisri A. M. 5644. which answers to the 
Twenty-eighth day of October, V. E. 1883. 

Charles Robert Morehead, 32° 

Benjamin Schuster, 32° 

Henry Berliner, 32° 

Wilham Henson Sibley, 32° 

John Julian, 32° 

Thomas Daniel Newton, 32° 

Samuel Watson Boring, 32° 

Charles Lewis Jonathan Ward Pierce, 32° 

James J. Stewart, 32° 

William Gillespie ThomDson. 32° 

William Horton Mitchell, 32° 

Thomas Jeremiah Beall, 32° 

Albert Frederick Steinbiech, 32° 

Charles Thomas Jackson, 32° 

Samuel Smith Gillespie, 32° 

John Best Williams, 32° 

Joseph Magoffin, 32° 

Charles Benjamin Patrick, 32° 

Zeno Franklin Merrill, 32° 

Daniel P. Stewart, 32° 

Joseph Schutz, 32° 

Frederick Lai^kins, 32° 

John P. Stewart, 32° ' 

William Johnson Fewel, 32° 

William Samuel Atherton, 32° 

At a meeting of the Masters of the Royal Secrets Thirty- 
second Degree of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Resi- 
dents of El Paso, Texas. 

On Motion: Bro. S. W. Boring was elected President. 

Bro. Henry Berliner elected Secretary. 

The object of the meeting to petition the Supreme Council 
through the Inspector General Active Member Bro. Philip 
C. Tucker, 33°, at the City of Galveston, Texas, for the grant- 
ing of Letters Temporary to organize a Chapter Rose Croix, 
having been stated, and a full expression of the sentiments 
been had of all the members present it was 

MOVED, SECONDED AND CARRIED 

that the Secretary is hereby instructed to prepare, form and 



96 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

present the same to all Masters of the Royal Secret for their 
Signature, and to collect of each the sum of Five Dollars as 
an assessment to defray the expenses of such Letters Tem- 
porary and to procure the necessary books. 

Adjourned: 
Attest: S. W. Boring, President. 

Henry Berliner, Secretary. 



On the 29th of March, 1884, another meeting was called. 
Letters Temporary, dated 11th day of December, 1883, were 
read. Whereupon, the appointed Grand Chancellor, Bro. 
Charles L. Pierce, 32°, administered to Bro. Charles B. Pat- 
rick. 32°, elected First Wise Master of this Chapter, 
the Oath of Office, and duly installed him as such, by hand- 
ing him aforesaid and recorded Letter Temporary and the 
Guard. 

The Chapter was named: El Paso Chapter of Rose 
Croix, No. 4. 

HOUSTON BODIES. 

Dei Optimi Maximi Universitatis Rerum Frontis Ac Originis 

Ad Glorium 

From the Grand Orient of Hierodom at Charleston, in 
the State of South Carolina, near the B. :B. : and under the 
C.:C.:of that Zenith which answers to 32°, 46' 33" N. Lat. 

By the Supreme Council (Mother Council of the World) 
of the Ins. General Knights Commander of the House of the 
Temple of Solomon of the 33rd Degree of the Ancient and 
Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry for the Southern 
Jurisdiction of the United States whose see is at the Grand 
Orient aforesaid, whereas, B. :B. : Stephen D. Moore, 32°; 
Henry H. Folk, 32° ; J. B. R. Gravier, 32° ; Jno. L. Garwood, 
32°; William Ten Eyck Hardenbrook, 32°; Justice E. Dow, 
32° ; Robert Brewster, 14° ; Jonathan P. Harrison, 14° ; Piere 
Leon Queyrouze, 14° ; Thos. Winter Cronin, 14° ; Henry 
Sherffius, 14° ; Edward John Duhamel, 14°, who are resi- 
dents of the City of Houston, in the County of Harris, and 
State of Texas, being known and proven to us to be of the 
said Rite, have this day prayed us the Inspector General for 
all Texas to congregate them into and to constitute them a 
Lodge of Perfection of the 14th Degree of the said Rite, and 
we, knowing the Masonic Virtues, intelligence and zeal of 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 97 

the said petitioners and desiring to increase the usefulness 
of our beloved Rite, 

NOW. THEREFORE, by authority of the Supreme Coun- 
cil, we do hereby create and constitute the said Brethren a 
temporary Lodge of such from this day forth and we do 
empower them to meet and work as such in the said City 
of Houston, in the State of Texas, by and under the dis- 
tinctive title of 

SAN JACINTO LODGE OF PERFECTION No. 6 of the 
State of Texas and we do warrant and empower them in 
the said Lodge to make Perfect Elus conferring upon such 
Master Masons in good standing as they shall elect, the de- 
grees of the said Rite from the 4th to the 14th, inclusive, 
and as such Masons to labor for the good of Masonry, their 
Country and Humanity, enjoying all the rights, benefits, 
privileges and prerogatives of a regular and duly constituted 
Lodge of Perfection. 

And we do hereby appoint and commission the Brother 
Stephen D. Moore, 32% to be the first Venerable Master, 
the Brother Pierre Leon Queyrouze, 14% to be the first Sen- 
ior Warden; the Brother Jonathan Perry Harrison, 14% to 
be the first Junior Warden ; the Brother Justice E. Dow, 32% 
to be the first Orator of the said Lodge, authorizing the 
Brethren thereof to elect their Secretary-Treasurer and Al- 
moner and the Lodge to approve the other officers thereof. 

May the Lodge be fortunate, prosperous and useful. 

In testimony whereof, the Grand Commander has here- 
unto set his hand and affixed the seal of his arms of office, 
and caused these Letters Temporary to be countersigned 
by the Secretary-general and the great seal of our Supreme 
Council to be hereunto affixed at the Grand Orient afore- 
said this 20th day of Tebeth, A. M. 5644, and the 18th 
day of January, 1884 V. :E.:, and of the Supreme Council 
the Eighty-third year. 

/ Wm. M. Ireland, 33° (Seal) / Albert Pike, 33° (Seal) 

Secretary General Grand Commander 

Donatus ut Supra and issued by me the active Member 
of the said Supreme Council in and for Texas at the Orient 
of Houston in said State this 18th day of January, 1884 V. E. 

Phillip Crosby Tucker, 33% 
Inspector General (Seal) 



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Orient of Texas, Valley of Houston, the 20th day of Hebrew 
Month of Tebeth A. M. 5644, the 18th day of January, 
1884 V. E. 

The Inspector General, Active Member for all Texas of 
the Supreme Council (Mother Council of the World) of the 
Inspector General Knight Commander of the House of the 
Temple of Solomon of the 33 Degree of the A. & A. S. R. 
of Free Masonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United 
States of America unto all whom it may concern. 



Know ye that the following Brethren of the 14° and 32° 
Degree of the Rite aforesaid : 

S. D. Moore, 32° ; H. H. Folk, 32° ; J. B. R. Gravier, 32° ; 
T. E. Hardenbrook, 32°; J. E. Dow, 32°; Robt. Brewster, 
14° ; J. P. Harrison, 14° ; P. L. Queyrouze, 14° ; T. W. Cronin, 
14° ; Henry Sheffius, 14°, and E. J. Duhamel, 14°, residing 
in or near the said Orient of Houston, having in due form 
preferred to me their prayer to be constituted a Lodge of 
Perfection of that Degree thereat and for the inauguration 
of such Lodge by the name and letters of: 

SAN JACINTO No. 6, of the State of Texas, and for the 
installation of the officers thereof and everything in that 
behalf required by the Statutes having been done and con- 
sented to by them and the Brethren hereinafter named, hav- 
insT been duly elected and appointed respectively to be offi- 
cers. 

Therefore, I, the said Inspector General, Active Member 
for all Texas, here on this day proceeded to constitute and 
have constituted and inaugurated the said Lodge composed 
of the Brethren aforesaid in ample form and it is now es- 
tablished to be known as aforesaid and to sit and work at 
the Orient aforesaid and I have thereupon installed in office 
the Brethren elected and appointed the former to serve from 
this time forward until the end of the full term of three 
years from and after the 3rd day of Adar, 5644, and until 
their successors shall be elected and installed and the latter 
to serve during the pleasure of the Lodge, that is to say, 

In the office of Venerable Master, the 

Bro. S. D. Moore, 32°, V. M. 
Bro P. L. Queyrouze, 14° S. W. 
Bro. J. P. Harrison, 14°, J. W. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 99 

Bro. J. E. Dow, 32°, Orator. 
Bro. Robt. Brewster, 14°, Secretary. 
Bro. Henry Sheriffius, 14°, Almoner. 
Bro.E. J. Duhamel, 14°, Sr. Expert. 
Bro. W. I. Hardenbrook, 32°, Jr. Expert. 
Bro. J. L. Garwood, 32°, M. of C. 
Bro. J. R. B. Gravier, 32°, Tyler. 

and the said Brethren having taken the vows of allegiance 
and of office and having been duly charged and assumed 
their stations and place, I do hereby declare and proclaim 
that said San Jacinto Lodge No. 6 aforesaid is duly consti- 
tuted and inaugurated and its officers installed and its 
works duly opened by me and in full vigor. 

May it have Prosperity and Continuance. 

In perpetual testimony whereof, I do now hereunto set 
my hand and affix the seal of my arms of office at the 
Orient aforesaid, the day and year aforesaid. 

(Seal) Phillip Crosby Tucker, 33°, 

S. G. I. G. in Texas. 



Orient of Houston in the State of Texas, 
29° 26' N. Lat. 

Hall of San Jacinto Lodge of Perfection No. 6, 
A.: & A.:S.:R.: 

January 18th, 1884 V. :E. : 

Obedient to the call of I. G. Phillip C. Tucker, the Breth- 
ren named respectively in the foregoing Letters Temporary 
of the Supreme Council S. J. 33° and proclamation of said 
I. G. P. C. Tucker duly assembled to be constituted and in- 
augurated and were constituted, inaugurated and installed 
in their respective offices by the S.:G. :I. :G. : Phillip C. 
Tucker, 33°, assisted by his Deputy Inspector General A. B. 
Chamberlin, 32°, in due and ample form as witness the 
foregoing proclamation. 

After the solemn and impressive ceremonies of instituting 
to said Lodge and installing into office the said Brethren a 
full hour of useful instruction was granted us by our 111. Bro. 
S. :G. :I. :G. and his able deputy. By invitation of the Ven- 
erable Master, the Brethren retired to the adjoining banquet 
room, where was spread a magnificent collation of viands 
for refreshment, to which all did ample justice. 



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Receipts for the evening : 

Bro. P. C. Tucker - $20.00 
Bro. J. L. Garwood 50.00 



Total - - $70.00 

Henry H. Folk, Stephen D. Moore, 

Secretary V. M. 

On May 14th, 1884, at a meeting of San Jacinto Lodge of 
Perfection No. 6, the following: 

B. B. T. J. Carraway, L. T. Noyes, G. A. Gibbons and A. 
L. Steele, were the first class elected as members of this 
Liodge, all the Charter Members of this Lodge, and the mem- 
bers of this class are dead, with the exception of our Ven- 
erable and 111. Bro. George A. Gibbons, 32° KCCH. 



Houston, Texas, Aug. 31st, 1896. 

In the Chapter room of Washington Chapter No. 2, R. A. 
M., in the City of Houston, Texas, Aug. 31, 1896, Houston 
Chapter No. 3, Knights of the Rose Croix, A. & A. S. R. 
Masons was duly and regularly instituted by Bro. A. B. 
Chamberhn, 33° I. G. for Texas Southern Jurisdiction. 
Bro. E. C. Pitkin, 32°, of Galveston, as Master of Ceremonies 
and Bro. C. A. Hotchkiss, 33° Hon., of Dallas as Chancellor. 

After reading the Letters Capitular, authorizing the in- 
stitution of the Chapter with J. S. Wilson, 32°, Wise Master, 
J. M. Blair, 32°, Sr. Warden; G. W. Kidd, 32°, Jr. Warden; 
N. C. Strong, 32°, Orator; S. M. Williams, 32° ; John McClen- 
ahan, 18°; Fred Marcombe, 32°; F. J. Booth, 32°; W. S. 
Wall, 32° ; G. A. Gibbons, 32° ; W. H. McElrov, 32° ; W. N. 
Kidd, 32° ; J. H. Rothwell, 18° ; W. A. Sinclair, 18°; A. F. Sit- 
tig, 18°, and D. G. Rosenfield, 18°. 

The following named took the vows of the order: S. M. 
Williams, N. C. Strong, Jno. M. Blair, Jno. McClenahan, 
Fred Marcombe, F. I. Booth, W. S. Wall, G. A. Gibbons, Jno. 
S. Wilson, W. H. McElroy, G. W. Kidd, J. H. Rothwell and 
W. R. Sinclair. 

The following officers were then elected : 

Almoner, S. M. Williams 
Secretary, W. N. Kidd 
Treasurer, Geo. A. Gibbons. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 101 



Officers appointed by the Wise Master: 

* Master of Ceremonies, W. H. McElroy 
Senior Expert, J. H. Roth well 
Junior Expert, Jno. McClenahan 
Guard of the Temple, W. S. Wall 
Tiler, A. F. Sittig 
The officers were obligated and installed in respective 
position. S. G. I. G. Chamberlin declared Houston Chapter 
No. 3 duly and constitutionally instituted, making felicitous 
remarks on the auspicious promise of the Chapter which 
was the first body he has organized since he has held his 
authority as Inspector General. 

The first Friday in each month was selected as the time 
of meeting. 

On motion of Bro. G. W. Kidd, the thanks of the Chapter 
were extended to Bro. A. B. Chamberlin, 33° I. G. , to Bro. 
E. C. Pitkin, 32°, and to Bro. C. A. Hotchkiss, 33° Hon., for 
their interest and kindness. 

The following visiting Brothers participated in the cere- 
mony: 

C. A. Hotchkiss, 33° Hon., Dallas; E. C. Pitkin, 32°, and 
R. B. Talfer, 32°, Galveston, Texas. 

Nothing more appearing for attention, the Chapter was 
called from labor to rest. 

W. R. Sinclair, 

Secretary P. T. 

First "Maunday Thursday" meeting held in this Chapter, 
April 15, 1897, B:B: Present: 

James McClanahan, W. H. McElroy, J. L. Bollard, S. D. 
Moore, G. W. Kidd, W. S. Wall, J. S. Wilson, L. T. Noyes, 
J. T. Booth, A. M. Autry, M. L. Lewis, H. C. Morehart, J. M. 
McCabb, Max Taub, J. E. Taylor, S. M. Williams, T. W. 
Cronin, A. F. Sittig, M. C. Strong, G. E. Alexander, W. E. 
Humpheville, R. C. Hammond, Anderson J. M. Blair, J. H. 
Rothwell, H. B. Stoddard, E. L. Fox and W. L. Lane. 

DEMISED BODY 

Orient of Galveston, Texas, 

June 1st, A. M. 5627. 

For the purpose of propagating the A. & A. Scottish Rite 
of Freemasonry, I visited Houston, Harris County, and as- 



102 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

sisted by the Worthy B. B. N. B. Yard, and Samuel H. Gil- 
man, communicated the degrees of the Rite from 4th to 14th 
inclusive to Brothers M. M. members of Holland No. 1 Royal 
A of the York side (so called) and Knights of Ruthven 
Commandery No. 2 of Templars, according to the American 
Rite, viz: Benjamin A. Botts, Past Grand Commander of 
Templars and Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge of Texas. 
E. W. Taylor, Past Grand Master, Past Grand High Priest 
and Past Grand Commander, Texas. William T. Austin, 
Past Grand High Priest, Texas. Robert Brewster, Grand 
Sec'y of Grand Chapter and Past Jr. Grand Warden, Texas. 
W. Brown Botts, Past Commander of Ruthven No. 2, High 
Priest of Washington, R. A. Chapter No. 2, and Past Master 
of Holland No. 1. Alfred S. Richardson, Past Commander, 
Past High Priest and Past Master same bodies. E. R. Wells, 
Recorder, same commandery. G. A. Fosgard, Past Master, 
same Lodge. J. C. Spence, Past Master, Fritz Mohl, H. R. 
Percy. 

And issued Charter to them constituting them into a 
Lodge of Perfection at Houston, by the name and rank of 
Houston No. 2, B. A. Botts, Master. 

Philip C. Tucker, 32°, 
Dep. Ins. General. 

Houston Lodge of Perfection No. 2 was established June 
1, 1867, shortly after San Felipe Lodge No. 1 was estab- 
lished in Galveston. The Charter, was granted January 14, 
1869. Mem: of Officers found among Phihp C. Tucker's 
papers as follows : 

Beni. A. Botts H. R. Percy 

Edward W. Taylor Wm. T. Austin 

W. B. Botts Robt. Brewster 

E. R. Wells A. S. Richardson 
Fritz Mohl 



OFFICERS 

Benjamin A. Botts, T. P., Grand Master 
Edward W. Taylor, Gr. Sr. Warden 
Alford S. Richardson, Gr. Jr. Warden 
W. B. Botts, Grand Orator 
J. C. Spence, Almoner 
Fritz Mohl, Secretary 
G. A. Fosgard, Treasurer 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas, 103 

W. T. Austin, Sr. Expert 

H. R. Percy, Jr. Expert 

Robert Brewster, M. of Ceremonies 

June 1, 1867. At Houston 

4th to 14th on 10 

Benjamin A. Botts Alfred J. Richardson 

Edward W. Taylor C. R. Wells 

Wm. T. Austin G. A. Fosgard 

Robt. Brewster J. C. Spence 

W. Brown Botts Fritz Mohl 

Henry R. Percy 
Benjamin A. Botts, T. P. Gr. Master 
Edward W. Taylor, Grand Sr. Warden 
Alfred J. Richardson, Jr. Warden 
W. B. Botts, Gr. Orator 
J. C. Spence, Almoner 

F. Mohl, Secretary 

G. A. Fosgard, Treasurer 
W. T. Austin, Sr. Expert 
H. R. Percy, Jr. Expert. 
Robert Brewster, Master of 

Ceremonies 

Charter not .granted until January 14th, 1869. 

Galveston, August 27, '68. 

Dear Sir and Bro. : 

I intend to be in Houston in a few days for the purpose 
of visiting officially Houston Lodge of Perfection No. 2. 
Please inform me if you wish to appoint any parties in time 
for the purpose. 

Please collect amount due Supreme Council for which bill 
is enclosed. 

Yours fraternally, 

Philip C. Tucker, 
Spel. Dep. Ins. Gen'l. of Supreme Council. 



104 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

To Bro. Benj. A. Botts, T. I. Master, 

HOUSTON LODGE OF PERFECTION No. 2 

To Supreme Council of Southern Jurisdiction 
U. S. A. & A. S. Rite Dr. 

1867 

July For degrees of the Rite from 4 to 14th 

on 10 brothers named in Charter at $25 

each : $250.00 

For Charter fee when perfected $25 as it 

stands 5.00 

Printed ritual to 14th and Constitution 20.00 



Currency. $275.00 

$27.50 each. 

The above list of names as per memo, mentioned with 
letters that follow is all the information that can be found 
among Brother Tucker's papers. The Lodge must have 
demised during the year of 1869. 

SAN ANTONIO BODIES. 

*'T0 THE GLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF 
THE UNIVERSE." 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council (Mother Council of the World), of the Inspectors 
General, Knights Comanders of the House of the Temple 
of Solnipon, for the Thirty-third Degree of the Ancient and 
Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, for the Southern 
Jurisdiction of the United States of America, whose See 
is at the Grand Orient of Charleston, in the State of South 
Carolina, to whom we yield allegiance: 



BEXAR LODGE OF PERFECTION NO. 9, 
Instituted 

Thursday, September 19th, 1912, by Brother 

Sam P. Cochran, 33°, Sovereign Grand 

Inspector General in Texas. 

Crockett Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, September 19, 1912. 

The Scottish Rite Masons in the Valley of San Antonio 

met in the Lodge Room in the Crockett Hotel at 3 :00 p. m., 

Thursday, September 19, 1912, for the purpose of having 




Temporaiy Scottish Rite Cathedral 
San Antonio, Texas, 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 105 

a Lodge of Perfection Instituted by Illustrious Sam P. 
Cochran, 33°, S. G. I. G. 

The meeting was called to order at 4:15 by Brother 
Nat M. Washer, 32°, who, after making a few remarks, 
introduced Brother Sam P. Cochran, 33°, S. G. I. G., who 
took the chair and proceeded to organize a provisional 
Lodge as follows: 

Brother S. P. Cochran, 33°, of Dallas, as Venerable 
Master. 

Brother Louis Blaylock, 33°, I. G. H., of Dallas, as 
Senior Warden. 

Brother W. G. Bell, 33° I. G. H., of Austin, as J-. W. 

Brother J. L. Stephens, 33°, I. G. H., of Dallas, as Orator. 

Brother J. W. Howerth, 33°, I. G. H., of Dallas, as Mas- 
tey* of CpT'PTnoTi 1 p^ 

Brother W. H. McCullough, 33°, I. G. H., of El Paso, as 
Expert. 

Brother S. A. Thompson, 33°, I. G. H., of Fort Davis, as 
Chaplain. 

Brother Max Goodman, 32°, of San Antonio, as Assist- 
ant Expert. 

Brother I. M. Dietz, 32°, of San Antonio, as Capt. of 
the Host. 

Brother L. A. Heil, 32° K. C. C. H., of San Antonio, 
as Tiler. 

After a short address by Brother Cochran, 33°, S. G. 
I. G., he proceeded to induct the following brethren into 
offices named. 

Brother Nat M. Washer, 32°, as Venerable Master. 

Brother A. W. Houston, 32°, as Orator. 

Brother L. A. Heil, 32° K. C. C. H., as Almoner. 

Brother W. A. Duffee, 32°, as Secretary. 

Brother S. L. Harris, 32°, as Treasurer. 

Brother J. A. Patterson, 32°, as Master of Ceremonies. 

Brother J. H. Haile, 32°, as Expert. 

Brother A. C. McDaniel, 32°, as Captain of the Host. 

Brother Stephen Gould, 32°, as Tiler. 

The following brethren: 

Brother W. S. Fly, 32°, as Sr. Warden. 

Brother T. T. VanderHoeven, K. C. C. H., as Junior 
Warden. 

Brother H. A. Hodge, 14°, as Assistant Expert 
who had previously been selected for the offices placed 
after their names were unable to be present, as they were 
out of the city. The Inspector General therefore instructed 



106 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



the Venerable Master to administer the obligation to them 
at the first regular meeting. 

After the officers had been conducted to their stations, 
the Inspector General declared Bexar Lodge of Perfection 
No. 9 duly instituted and relinquished the gavel to Brother 
Washer, 32°, who took the chair as Venerable Master. 

Brother Cochran, 33°, S. G. I. G., then delivered an ex- 
cellent address relative to the duties and responsibilities 
of Scottish Rite Masons in general and the officers and 
brethren of Bexar Lodge of Perfection No. 9 in particular. 

The following brethren were present as fraternal repre- 
sentatives from their respective lode^es: 

J. L. Stephens, 33°, L G. H., Dallas. 

F. C. Jones, 33°, I. G. H., Houston. 

W. H. McCullough, 33°, L G. H., El Paso. 

W. G. Bell, 33°, L G. H. Austin. 

The following books were received from Brother Sam 
P. Cochran, 33°, S. G. I. G., and receipted for by Vie 
Secretary: 4 Rituals, fourth to fourteenth degree, Nos. 
521-2-3-4. 

One Secret Work, No. 398. 

1 Liturgy of the Work 4° to 14°. 

1 Grand Constitutions. 

1 Morals and Dogma. 

3 Constitution and Installations. 

Eighty-seven brethren were present at this meeting. 

At 6 o'clock the Lodge was called from labor to refresh- 
ments for the purpose of attending a dinner at the Men- 
ger Hotel. 

W. A. McDuffee, Nat M. Washer, 32°, 

Secretary. V. M. 

Masonic Temple, San Antonio, Texas, October 3, 1912. 

Bexar Lodge of Perfection No. 9 opened according to 
ancient form by Bro. S. L. Harris, 32°, Acting Venerable 
Master, at 8:15 p. m. in the Eastern Star Room at the 
Masonic Temple. Bro. Harris, 32°, then called Bro. W. S. 
Fly, 32°, to a seat in the East to assist him in conducting 
the business of the Lodge. 

The following officers were present: 

Bro. L. A. Heil, 32° K. C. C. H., Almoner. 

Bro. W. A. McDuffee, 32°, Secretary. 

Bro. S. L. Harris, 32°, Treasurer. 

Bro. J. A. Patterson, 32°, Master of Ceremonies. 

Bro. J. H. Haile, 32°, Expert. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 107 

Bro. A. C. McDaniel, 32% Captain of the Guard. 

Bro. Stephen Gould, 32°, Tiler. 

The minutes of September 19th, 23rd and 26th were 
read and there being no alterations or amendments, were 
approved. 

The proposed By-Laws as outlined at the special meeting 
on September 23rd were then read and iadopted by a 
unanimous vote. 

The petitions of Fifty Brother Master Masons were read, 
received, and on motion of Bro. VanderHoeven, K. C. C. H., 
seconded by Bro. Harris, 32°, were ordered referred to 
committees, same to be appointed later. 

Bro. Strayhorn, 32°, Chairman on Hall Committee, re- 
ported that the committee had not yet been successful 
in securing a satisfactory place. On motion of Bro. Van- 
derHoeven, K. C. C. H., seconded by Bro. McDuffee, 32°, 
the committee was given additional time and instructed 
that a special meeting would be called when they were 
ready to report. 

The following committees selected by the Venerable 
Master before his departure for New York, were then 
announced : 

Executive Committee. 

Bro. W. S. Fly, 32° 

Bro. T. T. VanderHoeven, K. C. C. H. 

Bro. T. N. Smith, 32° 

Bro.* S. L. Harris, 32° 

Bro. W. A. Duffee, 32° 

Transportation Committee. 

Bro. A. W. Houston, 32° 
Bro. C. 0. Austin, 32° 
Bro. S. C. Gardner, 32° 

Finance Committee. 

Bro. J. H. Haile, 32° 
Bro. F. R. Newton, 32° 
Bro. I. S. Kahn, 32° 
Announcement was, then made of the names of the 
brethren selected by the Venerable Master as Masters of 
the various Degrees, as follows: 

Bro. J. A. Patterson, 32°, Master of the 4°. 
Bro. T. N. Smith, 32°, Master of the 5°. 
Bro. N. M. Washer, 32°, Master of the 6°. 
Bro. I. M. Dietz, 32°, Master of the T. 



108 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Bro. S. L. Harris, 32°, Master of the S\ 

Bro. A. W. Houston, Jr., 32°, Master of the 9\ 

Bro. J. M. Strayhorn, 32°, Master of the 10°. 

Bro. Max Goodman, 32°, Master of the 11°. 

Bro. J. H. Haile, 32°, Master of the 12°. 

Bro. F. L. Hillyer, 32°, Master of the 13°. 

Bro. T. T. VanderHoeven,K.C.C.H., Master of the 14°. 
Twenty-nine brethren signed the register on this date. 
No further business apeparing, the lodge closed accord- 
ing to ancient form. 

Approved: Nov. 7th, 1912. 
W. A. McDuffee, 32°, Nat M. Washer, 32° 

Secretary. Venerable Master. 

San Antonio, Texas, October 10, 1912. 

A special meeting of Bexar Lodge of Perfection No. 9 
was opened according to Ancient form by Bro. S. L. 
Harris, 32°, Acting Venerable Master in the rooms on 
the second floor of the San Antonio Loan and Trust 
Building. 

The meeting was called for the purpose of deciding on 
the leasing of permanent quarters and such other business 
as might properly come before such meeting. The fol- 
lowing installed officers were present: 

Bro. W. A. Duffee, 32°, Secretary. 

Bro. S. L. Harris, 32°, Treasurer. 

Bro. J. A. Patterson, 32°, Master of Ceremonies. 

Bro. Stephen Gould, 32°, Tiler. 

The comimttee on hall reported as follows: "We can 
secure one large room (about 21x46 ff.) for a lodge room, 
and three smaller rooms (for ante-room, preparation room 
and wardrobe room), including heat, light and water, 
on the second floor of the Loan and Trust Bldg., for $50.00 
per month. As this is the best location the committee 
has been able to secure, and as the need for permanent 
quarters is imperative, we recommend the Lodge close a 
lease on said rooms at once.'* 

Bro. Gould, 32°, moved that the report be accepted and 
adopted and that the Committee be authorized to close 
the lease on said rooms. Motion seconded by Bro. Ray- 
bould, 32°. After some discussion as to the desirability 
of the location land the desirability of securing the Blue 
Lodge and Chapter Rooms for the Reunion on November 
21st and 22nd, the motion was carried unanimously. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 109 



The committee on equipment reported that the carpet 
on the large room could be purchased for 30c a yard and 
that no charge would be made for the carpet on the three 
small rooms. Bro. Fly, 32% moved that the report be 
accepted and that the committee be instructed to purchase 
said carpet. Bro. Patterson, 32°, seconded the motion. 
Carried unanimously. 

The question of furnishing the Lodge room then came 
up and after some discussion, Bro. Fly, 32°, moved that 
the committee on equipment be instructed to purchase 
furniture to the extent of $250.00. The motion was sec- 
onded by Bro. Patterson, 32°. Carried unanimously. 

16 brethren signed the register on this date. 

No further business appearfng, the lodge closed accord- 
ing to ancient form. 

Approved: Nov. 7th, 1912. 
W. A. McDuffee, 32°, Nat M. Washer, 32° 

Secretary. Venerable Master. 

Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, San Antonio, Texas, 

November 7, 1912. 

Regular meeting of Bexar Lodge of Perfection No. 9 
was opened according to ancient form at 8:15 p. m. by 
Bro. N. M. Washer, 32°, Venerable Master, with the fol- 
lowing officers present: 

N. M. Washer, 32°, Venerable Master. 

W. S. Fly, 32°, Senior Warden. 

T. T. VanderHoeven, K.C.C.H., Junior Warden. 

L. A. Heil, K.C.C.H., Almoner. 

W. A. McDuffee, 32°, Secretary. 

S. L. Harris, 32°, Treasurer. 

J. A. Patterson, 32°, Master of Ceremonies. 

A. C. McDaniel, 32°, Captain of the Guard. 

Stephen Gould, 32°, Tiler. 

The minutes of the regular meeting of October 3rd and 
special meeting of October 10th were read and there being 
no corrections were approved. 

The Venerable Master then administered the vow to 
Bro. William Seat Fly, 32°, as Senior Warden, and Bro. 
Thomas Templeman VanderHoeven, E.C.C.H., as Junior 
Warden, and the Master of Ceremonies conducted them 
to their station in the West. 

Bro. M. Goodman, 32°, S. Rosenthal, 32°, and A. W. 
Houston, Jr., 32°, were appointed to arrange for the 



110 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



purchase of Perfect Elu rings for the candidates at the 
first reunion. 

Announcement was made that the committee on trans- 
portation had secured regular convention rates for the 
November Reunion. 

114 petitions for degrees from 4° to 14° were then read 
and ordered referred to committees. 

Notice from the Secretary General of the death of the 
Lieutenant Grand Gommander and of the promotions ren- 
dered necessary thereby was read and ordered filed. 

26 brethren signed the register on this date. 

No further business appearing the lodge closed according 
to ancient form. 

Approved : 
P. D. Mathis, Nat M. Washer, 

Secretary. Venerable Master. 

CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX. 

'TO THE GLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF 
THE UNIVERSE." 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council (Mother Council of the World), of the Inspectors 
General, Knights Commanders, of the House of the Tem- 
ple of Solomon, for the Thirty-Third Degree of the Ancient 
end Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, for the South- 
ern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, whose 
See is at Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, to 
whom we yield Allegiance. 

Pilgrim Chapter No. 6, Knights Rose Croix, instituted 
Thursday, January 23, 1913, by Bro. Sam P. Cochran,. 
33°, Sovereign Grand Inspector General, in Texas. 

Scottish Rite Temple, San Antonio, Texas, 

January 23rd, 1913. 

A meeting of Scottish Rite Masons in the Valley of 
San Antonio was held in the Scottish Rite Temple, 215 
West Commerce Street, Thursday, January 23rd, 1913,. 
for the purpose of instituting a Chapter, Knights Rose 
Croix. 

The meeting was called to order at 4:10 p. m. by 
Brother Sam P. Cochran, 33", S. G. I. G., who proceeded, 
to organize a provisional Chapter as follows: 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 111 

Brother Sam. P. Cochran, 33°, of Dallas, as Wise Master. 

Brother E. N. Sanctuary, 32°, Galveston, as Senior 
Warden. 

Brother M. H. Thomas, 33° Hon., Dallas, as Junior 
Warden. 

Brother W. M. Fechheimer, 32°, Dallas, as Master of 

Brother J. H. McLafferty, KCCH, Oakland, Cal, as 
Expert. 

Brother J. D. Childs, 32°, of Galveston, as Guard of 
Temple. 

After a brief address by Brother Cochran, the follov^ing 
brethren who had been chosen as first officers of the 
Chapter, were inducted into office: 

Brother W. S. Fly, 32°, Wist Master. 

Brother J. M. Strayhorn, 32°, Senior Warden. 

Brother C. 0. Austin, 32°, Junior Warden. 

Brother F. R. Newton, 32° KCCH, Orator. 

Brother L. A. Heil, 32° KCCH, Almoner. 

Brother P. D. Mathis, 18°, Secretary. 

Brother S. L. Harris, 32°, Treasurer. 

Brother J. H. Haile, 32°, Master of Ceremonies. 

Brother P. B. Martin, 32°, Assistant Expert. 

Brother Stephen Gould, 32°, Tiler. 

Brother Max Goodman, 32°, who had previously been 
selected as Expert, and Brother 0. S. Dewees, 32°, as 
Guard of Temple not being present; the Inspector-General 
instructed that the Wise Master obligate them at the 
first regular meeting. 

The officers having been conducted to their station, the 
Inspector-General declared Pilgrim Chapter No. 6, K.R.C., 
duly instituted and passed the gavel to Brother W. S. Fly, 
who took the chair as Wise Master. 

A number of addresses by the visiting brethren were 
then listened to, with response from the Wise Master and 
others. 

The following fraternal delegates were in attendance : 

Brother M. H. Thomas, 33° Hon., of Dallas. 

Brother J. H. McLafferty, 32° K.C.C.H., of Oakland, Cal. 

Brother E. N. Sanctuary, 32°, of Galveston. 

Brother W. M. Fechheimer, 32°, of Dallas. 

The books necessary for the institution of Pilgrim 
Chapter No. 6, were received from Brother Sam P. 
Cochran, 33°, S. G. I. G., and receipted for by the Secre- 
tary. By a motion duly seconded the date of meeting was 
set for the first Thursday of each month. 



112 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

On motion duly seconded a committee consisting of the 
Wise Master, Senior and Junior Wardens was appointed 
to draft By-Laws, and make all other arrangements neces- 
sary for the setting to work of Pilgrim Chapter No. 6. 

Thirty-eight brethren signed the register on this date. 

There appearing no further business, the Chapter was 
called off according to ancient form. 

Attest : Approved : 

P. D. Mathis, W. S. Fly, 

Secretary. Wise Master. 

"To the Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe.^^ 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council (Mother Council of the World) of the Inspectors. 
General, Knights Commander of the Temple of Solomon, 
for the Thirty-Third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, for the Southern Juris- 
diction of the United States of America, whose See is: 
at Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, to whom 
we yield allegiance. 

Pilgrim Chapter No. 6, Knights Rose Croix, 

Inaugurated, Saturday, April 18, 1914, 

by Illustrious Brother Sam P. 

Cochran, 33°, S. G. I. G. 

Charter dated Oct. 24, 1913. 

Special communication of Pilgrim Chapter No. 6, Knights 
Rose Croix, was held in Gunter Hotel Ball Room, on 
Saturday, April 18th, 1914, at 8:00 p. m., with the fol- 
lowing BB as 

OFFICERS 

W. S. Fly, 32°, K. C. C. H., Wise Master. 

J. A. Patterson, 32°, K. C. C. H., Senior Warden. 

F. R. Newton, 32% Junior Warden. 

J. H. Haile, 32% Orator. 

L. A. Heil, 32°, K. C. C. H., Almoner. 

P. D. Mathis, 32°, Secretary. 

S. L. Harris, 32°, Treasurer. 

W. H. Newton, 32°, Master of Ceremonies. 

H. A. Kelton, 32°, Acting Expert. 

P. B. Martin, 32°, Assistant Expert. 

Arthur Storms, 32°, Acting Guarding of the Temple. 

Stephen Gould, 32°, Tiler 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 113 

For list of visitors and members present, see register 
of this date. 

The Wise Master announced that the meeting had been 
called for the purpose of inaugurating the Chapter under 
the permanent Charter and installing the Officers. IlL 
Brother Sam P. Cochran, 33°, S. G. I. G., was conducted 
into the Chapter by Brother Henry Rabe, 32°, acting as 
Grand Marshal of Ceremonies, accompanied by other 
brethren who were to assist the Inspector General in the 
ceremonies of Inauguration. After a brief address of 
welcome to the Inspector General by the Wise Master, 
Brother Cochran assumed the Wise Master's chair and 

The Junior Warden's station being declared vacant, the 
proceeded with the ceremony of inauguration, 
was unanimously elected to the office of Junior Warden 
Inspector General announced that an election was then in 
order; whereupon Brother Frank Richards Newton, 32% 
Newton's advancement. The following appointments were 
then made by the Wise Master-elect: Peyton Beverly Mar- 
tin, 32°, to be Master of Ceremonies ; Brother Henry Rabe,. 
32°, to be Expert; Brother Wallace Holcombe Newton, 32°, 
to be Assistant Expert; Brother Arthur Storms, 32°, to 
be Guardian of Temple. 

All Officers elect were then installed and resumed their 
respective stations and places. 

The Inspector General with pleasing remarks presented 
to Brother W. S. Fly, 32°, K. C. C. H., his diploma in 
the degree of Knight Commanders of the Court of Honor. 

On behalf of Pilgrim Chapter No. 6, the Wise Master 
then presented the Inspector General with two beautiful 
bouquets for his wife and sister who had accompanied 
him to San Antonio on this occasion. 

After a lengthy address by Brother Cochran, the Chap- 
ter was called off according to ancient form. 

Attest : Approved : 

P. D. Mathis, 32°, W. S. Fly, 32°, K.C.C.H., 

Secretary. Wise Master. 



COUNCIL OF KADOSH. 

"TO THE GLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF 
THE UNIVERSE. 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council (Mother Council of the World), of the Inspectors- 



114 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

General, Knight Commanders of the Temple of Solomon, 
for the Thirty-third Degree, of the Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, for the Southern Jurisdic- 
tion of the United States of America, whose See is at 
Charleston in the State of South Carolina, to whom we 
yield allegiance: 

Travis Council of Kadosh, (U. D.) 

Instituted 

Friday, February the Nineteenth, 

Nineteen Fifteen, by Illustrious 

. Brother Samuel Poyntz Cochran, 33\ 

Inspector General for Texas. 

Masonic Temple, San Antonio, Texas, 

February 19th, 1915. 

The Scottish Rite Masons in the Valley of San Antonio 
met in the Masonic Temple, corner Crockett and Losoya 
Streets, at 2:30 p. m., Friday, February 19th, 1915, for 
the purpose of having a Council of Kadosh instituted by 
Illustrious Brother Samuel Poyntz Cochran, 33' S. G. I. G. 

The meeting was called to order at 3 p. m. by Illustrious 
Brother Cochran, 33°, who after a few brief remarks 
appointed 111. Brother Albert Shafer, 33°, I. G. H., of Gal- 
veston to act as Marshal of Ceremonies, and proceeded to 
induct the following brethren into the offices named: 

Thomas Templeman VanderHoeven, 33° I. G. H., 1st 
Sub-Preceptor. 

John Henry Haile. 32°, 2nd Sub-Preceptor. 

Alfred Chfton McDaniel, 32°, Chancellor. 

John Lucius Browne, 32°, Orator. 

Leonard Alan Heil, 32° K.C.C.H., Almoner. 

Putt Darden Mathis, 32°, Recorder. 

Samuel Lesser Harris, 32°, Treasurer. 

Horace Almanzar Kelton, 32°, Master of Ceremonies. 

George Andrew Cook, 32°, Turcopilier. 

James Augustus Patterson, 32° K. C. C. H., Draper. 

Isidore Stanley Kahn, 32°, First Deacon. 

Francis Lorraine Hillyer, 32°, Second Deacon. 

William Downs Syers, 32°, Bearer of Beausant. 

Wallace Holcombe Newton, 32°, Bearer of White Banner. 

Claude Andrew Keeran, 32°, Bearer of Black Banner. 

Arthur Storms, 32°, Lieutenant of Guard. 

Brother Augustus Weyman Houston, 32°, who had 
previously been chosen for the office of Preceptor, and 
Brother Stephen Gould, 32°, who had been chosen for 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 115 



the office of Sentinel, were absent on account of illness. 
The Inspector General repaired to the homes of Brother 
Houston and Brother Gould and administered the oath 
of office to each of them. 

After the officers had been conducted to their stations, 
the Inspector General declared Travis Council of Kadosh 
duly instituted. 

A silent prayer was then offered for the speedy recov- 
ery of Brothers Augustus Weyman Houston, Preceptor- 
elect, and Stephen GouW, Sentinel-elect. 

The following books were received from Secretary-Gen- 
eral John H. Cowles, 33°, and receipted for by A. W. 
Houston, 32°, Preceptor. 

4 Rituals, 19° to 30°, Nos. 424, 425, 426, 427. 
1 Secret Work, 19° to 30°, No. 326. 
1 Liturgy, 19° to 30° ; 
1 Morals and Dogma; 
1 Grand Constitution; 
1 Legenda; 
3 Installations. 
The following brethren were present as fraternal dele- 
gates from their respective Councils: 

Mike H. Thomas, 33° I. G. H., of Dallas. 
J. L. Stephens, 33° I. G. H., of Dallas. 
John M. Spellman, 32° K.C.C.H., of Dallas 
George Lang, 33° I.G.H., of Dallas. 
E. A. Doty, 32°, of Dallas. 
William G. Bell, 33°, I.G.H., of Austin. 
Charles E. Keppler, 33° I.G.H., of Galveston. 
Albert Shafer, 33° I.G.H., of Galveston. 
John N. Macombe, 33° I. G. H., of Rochester, N. Y., 
was a visitor. 

For list of members and visitors present, see register 
of this date. 

There appearing no further business to be dispatched,, 
the meeting was declared closed. 

Attest : Approved : 

T. T. VanderHoeven, 33°, I.G.H. 
P. D. Mathis, Acting-Preceptor.. 

Recorder. 

In the name (and under the auspices of the Sup-eme 
Council (Mother Council of the World), of the Inspectors 
General, Knights Commanders of the Temple of Solomon, 
for the Thirty-Third degree, of the Ancient and Accepted 



116 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, for the Southern Jurisdic- 
tion of the United States of America, whose See is at 
Charleston, in the State of South CaroHna, to whom we 
yield allegience." 

Valley of San Antonio, 

Orient of Texas. 
February 12, 1916. 

Special communication of Travis Council of Kadosh 
No. 5, was held in Scottish Rite Cathedral, on Saturday, 
February 12, 1916, at 2 p. m., with the following 

Officers : 

T. T. VanderHoeven, 33° Hon., Commander. 

J. H. Haile, 32°, K. C. C. H., First Lieutenant Com- 
mander. 

A. C. McDaniel, 32°, K. C. C. H., Second Lieutenant 
Comamnder. 

Fred A. Burns, 32°, Acting) Chancellor. 

Arthur Storms, 32°, Orator. 

L. A. Heil, 32°, K. C. C. H., Almoner. 

P. D. Mathis, 32°, K. C. C. H., Recorder. 

S. L. Harris, 32°, K. C. C. H., Treasurer. 

John G. Francis, 30°, (Acting) Mas. of Ceremonies. 

J. A. Patterson, 33° Hon., Turcopilier. 

George A. Cook, 32°, Draper. 

Eph. M. Goldtsein, 32°, (Acting) First Deacon. 

William Downs Syers, 32°, Second Deacon. 

Thomas A. Doxey, 30°, (Acting) Bearer of Beausant. 

Thos. Newton Smith, 32°, Bearer of White Standard. 

Sylvan Lang, 32°, Bearer of Black Standard. 

Henry Rabe, 32°. Lieutenant of Guards. 

Stephen Gould, 32°, K. C. C. H., Sentinel. 

The Preceptory being duly opened, the Commander an- 
nounced that the meeting had been called for the purpose 
of receiving Illustrious Sam P. Cochran, 33°, S. G. L G. 
in Texas, who had come to constitute the Council and 
install the officers under permanent charter. 

The Inspector General was then introduced by Illustrious 
Jewel P. Lightfoot, 33° Hon., acting as Master of Cere- 
monies, and was conducted to the East and tendered the 
gavel. 

A provisional Preceptory was then organized and the 
ceremony of Constitution land Installation conducted by 
the Inspr. Genl., assisted by the following provisional 
officers : 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 117 

Mike H. Thomas, 33° Hon., of Dallas, Commander. 

J. L. Stephens, 33" Hon., of Dallas, First Lieutenant 
Commander. 

William G. Bell, 33° Hon., of Austin, Second Lieutenant 
Commander. 

Andral Vann, 32°, K. C. C. H., of Houston, Chancellor. 

J. W. McClendon, 32°, K. C. C. H., of Austin, Orator. 

W. E. Armstrong, 32°, of Austin, Almoner. 

M. H. Reed, 32°, K. C. C. H., of Austin, Recorder. 

J. J. Atkinson, 32°, K. C. C. H., of Austin, Treasurer. 

Jewel P. Lightfoot, 33° Hon., of Austin, Master of Cere- 
monies. 

W. C. Glover, 32°, of Memphis, Tenn., Turcopilier. 

General John L. Clem, 32°, of San Antonio, Draper. 

Darwin J. Stitt, 32°, of Wichita, Kans., First Deacon. 

M. A. Hayden, 32°, of New Orleans Consistory, Second 
Deacon. 

L. R. Lord, 32°, of Portland, Me., Bearer of Beausant. 

Harry M. Rosenblum, 32°, of Chicago, Bearer of W. 
Banner. 

James Tod, 32°, of Topeka, Kans., Bearer of Black 
Banner. 

Charles 0. Stalsburgh, 32°, of Fort Leavenworth, Lieu- 
tenant of Guard. 

C. M. Stromberg, 32°, of Leavenworth, Kans, Sentinel. 

All of the regular officers of the Council as shown 
above were duly installed and inducted into their respec- 
tive offices. 

Brother John L. Browne, 32°, Chancellor, 

Brother Charles David Hall, 32°, Mas. of Ceremonies, 

Brother Francis L. Hillyer, 32°, First Deacon, 

Brother Wallace H. Nevd:on, 32°, K. C. C. H., Bearer 
of Beausant, were absent and were installed by proxy. 

The Inspector General concluded the ceremonies of the 
day with the reading of an Allocution, written by the late 
Albert Pike, which was in the nature of a charge to the 
new Commander and his officers. 

For the list of members and visitors present, see regis- 
ter of this date. 

)The Council was then closed according to ancient form. 

Attest : 

P. D. Mathis, 32° K. C. C. H., 
Secretary. 

T. T. VanderHoeven, 33° Hon., 

Commander. 



118 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

"TO THE GLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF 
THE UNIVERSE." 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council (Mother Council of the World), of the Inspectors 
General, Knights Commanders of the Temple of Solomon^ 
for the Thirty-Third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, for the Southern Jurisdic- 
tion of the United States of America, whose See is at 
the Grand Orient of Charleston, in the State of South 
Carolina, to whom we yield allegiance: 

SAN ANTONIO CONSISTORY NO. 5 

Instituted 

Saturday, February 12, 1916. 

By 

Illustrious Samuel Poyntz Cochran, 33°, 

Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Texas. 

Valley of San Antonio, 
Orient of Texas. 

The following brethren met in the Scottish Rite Cathed- 
ral on Saturday, February 12th, 1916, at five oclock p. m. 
for the purpose of receiving letters temporary for San 
Antonio Consistory No. 5, from Illustrious Samuel Poyntz 
Cochran, 33°, Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Texas: 

Samuel P. Cochran, 33° Wm. G. Bell, 33° Hon. 

Mike H. Thomas, 33° Hon. J. L. Stephens, 33° Hon. 

Jewel P. Lightfoot, 33° Hon. W. S. Fly, 33° Hon. 

Nat M. Washer, 33° Hon. J. A. Patterson, 33° Hon. 

T. T. VanderHoeven, 33°Hon. Andral Vann,. 32° K.C.C.H. 

J. J. Atkinson, 32° K.C.C.H. J. W. McClendon, 32° 
R. L. Ball, 32° K.C.C.H. K.C.C.H. 

Stephen Gould, 32° K.C.C.H. M. H. Reed, 32° K.C.C.H 

Wallace H. Newton, 32° Frank R. Newton, 32' 

KCCH TCCCH 

P. D. Mathis, 32° K.C.C.H. A. C. McDaniel, 32° k!c!c!h^ 

Dr. H. P. Hill, 32° J. H. Haile, 32° K.C.C.H. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 119 



James Tod. 32° 
S. R. Walker, 32* 
Norman McLeod, 32° 
Wm. G. Soekland, 32° 

D. Fred Worth, 32° 
W. D. Syers, 32° 
Lou Harrington, 32° 
Theo. S. Langlais, 32° 

F. M. Karsten, 32° 
W. A. Hadden, 32° 
C. M. Stromberg, 32° 
Dan Ludlow, 32° 

W. M. Pardue, 32° 

E. B. Flowers, 32° 
Van S. Ingram, 32° 

G. W. Miller, 32° 
John A. Inman, 32° 
W. E. Armstrong, 32° 
R. 0. Whiteaker, 32° 
Daniel F. Connor, 32° 
W. W. McAllister, 32° 

F. L. Orr, 32° 

F. G. Huntress, 32° 
C. C. Youncey, 32° 
r-. Buetschle, 32° 
Sylvan Lang, 32° 
Arthur Storms, 32' 



W. W. Vaughan, 32° 
C. R. B. Rose, 32' 
G. A. Cook, 32° 
R. A. Dickson, 32° 
L. R. Lord, 32° 

E. M. Goldstein, 32° 
Harry M. Rosenblum, 32" 
C. 0. Stalsburgh, 32° 
Scott Thomas, 32° 

Jno. L. Clem, 32° 
C. G. Beckham, 32° 

F. G. Tuttlebee, 32° 
F. M. Farber, 32° 

B. A. Greathouse, 32° 
F. E. Freeborough, 32° 

C. A. Davies, 32° 
John Anthony, 32° 
S. W. Scott, 32° 
Edward Levy, 32° 
Wm. Stevens, 32° 
Fred S. Murphey, 32° 
W. C. Glover, 32° 
David J. Stitt, 32° 

A. Michel, 32° 
Henry B. Weiner, 32° 
Edwin Lamm, 32° 
M. A. Hayden, 32° 



After a brief address Brother Cochran announced that 
he would proceed with the ceremony of instituting the 
Consistory and appointed Dlustrious Jewel P. Lightfoot, 
33° Hon., of Austin, Texas, as Grand Marshal of Cere- 
monies. 

The following brethren who had previously been chosen 
to be first officers of the Consistory were then introduced 
and inducted into their respective offices: 

William Seat Fly, 33° Hon., Master of Kadosh. 
Nathan Moses Washer, 33° Hon., Prior. 
Robert Lee Ball, 32° K. C. C. H., Preceptor. 
James Augustus Patterson, 33° Hon., Chancellor. 
John Henry Haile, 32° K. C. C. H., Minister of State. 
Leonard Alan Heil, 32° K. C. C. H., Almoner. 
Putt Darden Mathis, 32° K. C. C. H., Registrar. 
Samuel Lesser Harris, 32° K. C. C. H., Treasurer. 
William Merritt Pardue, 32°, Prelate. 



120 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Fred Averill Burns, 32°, Marshal of Ceremonies. 
Frank Richards Newton, 32° K. C. C. H., Assistant Expert. 
Norman Macleod, 32°, Captain of the Guards. 
Stephen Gould, 32° K. C. C. H., Tiler. 

Brother William Ward Boyce, 32° K. C. C. H., of Runge, 
Texas, who had been chosen Expert, was absent on ac- 
count of illness. 

The ceremonies were concluded with a short talk by 
Illustrious William Seat Fly, 33° Hon., Master of Kadosh. 

Attest : Approved : 

P. D. Mathis, Wm. Seat Fly, 33° Hon., 

Registrar. Master of Kadosh. 

BRIEF SKETCH BY P. D. MATHIS, 32° K.C.C.H. 

The rapid growth of Scottish Rite Masonry in South- 
west Texas from a comparatively insignificant beginning 
in an unorganized way to an active membership of 1000 Per- 
fect Elus, of whom about 500 are 32' Masons, though regard- 
ed by many brethren as phenomenal, is more readily under- 
stood when the long-continued and persistent efforts 
toward the institution of bodies of the Rite are considered. 

For many years, brethren living in and near San An- 
tonio had faithfully observed the Rites incident to Maundy 
Thursday and had discussed informally their hope that 
at some time the bodies might be instituted. More than 
eight years ago, this hope began to take the form of 
definite aspiration, and June 20, 1907, the Scottish Rite 
Masonic Club was organized at the Masonic Temple. 

Study of degree work was taken up with enthusiasm 
and carried on for several months, but the brethren of 
the club never had an opportunity to display their pro- 
ficiency in actual work, so far as the records disclose. 

In October of that year, the club sent greetings to the 
Supreme Council, and later, in December, Bro. Matthews, 
33°, of Mexico, tendered his services in efforts to get let- 
ters temporary for a Lodge of Perfection. A communi- 
cation later from Bro. Chamberlin was not favorable 
to the hopes of the San Antonio brethren. 

Interest and enthusiasm continued, however, unabated. 
In January 1908 the club gave a smoker. Maundy Thurs- 
day, April 16, was observed in orthodox fashion, when 
about 30 brethren met at the "Green Kettle" Restaurant, 
enjoyed a feast and responded to the toasts proper to the 
occasion. In October and for some time afterward, meet- 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 121 

ings were held in the office of the secretary in the St. 
James Hotel. 

The International Club was the scene of the next 
Maundy Thursday celebration, April 8, 1909, when 33 
brethren were present. 

The annual meeting in September was held at the 
Menger Hotel, when a committee was appointed to gather 
data and formulate a petition to be presented to the 
S. G. I. G., asking for letters temporary for a Lodge of 
Perfection. It was found that there were about 3,000 
Master Masons in the 65 Lodges in Southwest Texas, and 
among them were located about 100 Scottish Rite Masons. 
*'San Fernando" was chosen for the name of the pro- 
posed Lodge. Bro. John M. Strayhorn, 32°, personally 
conveyed the petition to 111. Bro. Davis at Galveston, then 
D. S. G. I. G., but it was later decided to bring back 
the petition, obtain more signers and present it to 111. 
Bro. Chamberlin in December. This petition failed of 
its purpose, however. 

The records disclose little of the doings of the next 
two years, though the brethren kept in constant com- 
munication. In September, 1911, agitation in favor of a 
Lodge of Perfection was renewed. Sov. Gd. Commander 
James D. Richardson was induced to come to San Antonio 
November 20, land personally inspect conditions here. A 
brilliant banquet was spread at the St. Anthony Hotel, 
presided over by Bro. Nat M. Washer, 32°. The distin- 
guished visitor expressed the belief that San Antonio was 
entitled to have the bodies organized. 

The following week, a committee was appointed to pre- 
pare and circulate a new petition. Bro. McDuffee resigned 
his position as president of the club and Bro. Washer 
was elected to succeed him. 

About 60 Knights Rose Croix, presided over by Bro. 
Washer, met on the Maundy Thursday following at the 
St. Anthony Hotel. Bro. R. L. Ball, 32°, was appointed 
to interview 111. Bro. Sam P. Cochran, 33° S. G. I. G., 
on behalf of a Lodge of Perfection in San Antonio. As 
a result. 111. Bro. Cochran visited the brethren in August, 
1912, and told them he would grant their petition. He 
announced that he would, on September 19, institute the 
Lodge of Perfection. 

A week before the appointed time, a preliminary meet- 
ing was held and everything put in readiness for the 
consummation of the long cherished plans. 



122 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

With 119 charter members, more than any one had 
hoped for, Bexar Lodge of Perfection was formally insti- 
tuted September 19, in the lodge room in the Crockett 
Hotel, 86 brethren, including distinguished visitors from 
other cities, being present. 

Preparations were immediately begun for the first re- 
union, held November 21-22, when 199 Master Masons 
from Blue Lodges all over Southwest Texas received the 
Ineffable degrees. The work having been declared satis- 
factory to Bro. J. L. Stephens, 33° Hon., the representative 
of the S. G. L G., a petition was prepared asking letters 
temporary for Pilgrim Chapter No. 6, Knights Rose Croix, 
which was duly instituted January 23, 1913, with 85 
charter members. 

The Chapter was named in honor of Mrs. W. S. Fly, 
who, before her marriage to Chief Justice W. S. Fly, was 
Miss Cayloma Pilgrim of Gonzales. Her father, T. J. Pil- 
grim, was a member of Stephen F. Austin's colony, and in 
1828, while a mere youth, organized the first Sunday 
school in Texas at San Felipe on the Brazos. He was also 
the official translator and interpreter of the Spanish lan- 
guage for Austin's colony. He died in 1877. 

Encouraged and strengthened by the greatly increased 
membership, the brethren bought a well located piece of 
ground for a cathedral site. 

On February 19, 1915, Travis Council of Kadosh was 
set to work with a charter membership of more than 200, 
and at the last session of the Supreme Council, October, 
1915, a permanent charter was granted to Travis Council 
of Kadosh. In October, 1915, dispensation was granted 
to the San Antonio brethren for a Consistory which is 
soon to be set to work by the S. G. I. G. 

The Council of Kadosh is named for one of the heroes 
of the Alamo. The Consistory will be designated as San 
Antonio Consistory No. 5. 

In the face of many discouragements and difficulties, 
the Brethren who originated the movement for establish- 
ing the bodies in Southwest Texas have cheerfully per- 
sisted in their efforts and are at last enjoying a full 
consummation of their hopes. 

A new Cathedral and site, costing over $65,000 has been 
purchased and it is expected that more than 300 Knights 
Kadosh will receive the 32° at the first reunion held by 
San Antonio Consistory. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 123 



DEMISED BODIES, CORPUS CHRISTI. 

T. T. G. 0. T. G. A. 0. T. U. 
Wisd. Tol. Un. 

Orient of Corpus Christi, Texas, on the 10th day of 
the Hebrew Month Sivan A. L. 5635 W. C. to the 13th 
day of June 1875 V. E. 

In the name of the G. A. 0. T. and to the Glory of 
St. Andrew there assembled at a point only known to 
the SS. of the W. the following Brethren A. Ansell 3% 
W. A. Cronin S\ H. Keller 3°, John Hall 3% Wm. DePyee 
3°, who being mutually satisfied with each other and as- 
sured of all being in good standing and with the door 
guarded; they proceeded to discuss the subject of erect- 
ing an Altar to Diety in this Orient, by founding a *'Lodge 
of Perfection" to work in the order prescribed by the 
Sup. Cou. 33° and last degree A. A. S. R. for the Sou. 
Jur. of the U. S. 

Bro. A. Ansell instructed the B. B. on the difference 
existing between the Rites and read to them the lengthy 
correspondence that had taken place between himself and 
the S. G. I. Gen. of this district, together with the Statutes 
governing all Lodges of Perfection, working under the 
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Council 33° for the Southern 
States. The B. B. being satisfied it was resolved and car- 
ried unanimously, that a petition be transmitted at once 
to the Sov. Gr. Insp. Gen, of this district, setting forth 
our desire to establish a Lodge of Perfection; so soon as 
practicable to confer upon the signers of the petition, the 
degrees appertaining to the Lodge of that character, say 
from 4° to the 14° and otherwise aid us in the erection 
of the Temple, the- petition was signed and the meeting 
adjourned in peace and good will. 

(Signed) A. Ansell, Wm. DePyee, 

Chairman Sec'y. 

T. T. G. 0. T. G. A. 0. T. U. 
Wisd. Tol. Un. 

Orient of Corpus Christi N. T. B. B. U. T. C. C. of the 
Zenith at the 27° 47' 53° N. L. on the 28th day of the 
9th Hebrew Month Ab. A. L. 5635 W. C. to the 1st day 
of July 1875 V. E. 

In the name of the G. A. 0. T. U. and to the Glory of 
St. Andrew, at a point only known to the S. G. 0. T. W. 
there assembled the following B. B. Achile R. Morel 33% 



124 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Sov. Gr. Insp. Gen. Act. Mem. and Rep. of the Sup. 
Cou. 33° and last degree A. & A. S. Rite for the S. J. of 
the U. S. Aron Ansell 3° ; John Hall 3° ; George Lege S" ; 
Herman Menly 3°; August Ricklefson 3°; Wm. DePyee 3°; 
H. Keller 3°; Edward Windisch 3°; and Henry A Gilpin 3% 
who having satisfied each other, received from the Deputy 
of the Sov. G. Insp. Gen. the following degrees, viz : from 
the 4° to 14° inclusive, and subscribed to the obligations 
usual to Masons of the S. R. Having been elevated to 
the degree Grand-Elect Perfect and Sublime Masons, the 
Brethren proceeded to the formation of a Lodge of Per- 
fection, by electing their officers; the following were se- 
lected for the term which will be completed at the Winter 
Solstice, viz: Bro. A. Ansell, V. M.; John Hall, Sr. W.; 
Geo. Lege, Jr. W. ; Herman Menly, Orator ; August Rick- 
lefson, Treas. ; Wm. DePyee, Sec'y- ; E. Windisch, 1st 
Expert; H. Keller, 2nd Expert; H. A. Gilpin, M. of Cer. 
A petition was then prepared and properly signed setting 
forth the object desired. 

Nothing further coming before the B. B. they ad- 
journed in peace and good will. 

(Signed) A. Ansell, 14° Wm. DePyee, 14° 

Ven. M. Elect. Sec. Elect. 



T. T. G. 0. T. G. A. 0. T. U. 
Wisd. Tol. Un. 

Orient of Corpus Christi, N. T. B. B. U. T. C. C. of 
that Zenith which answers to 27° 47" 53' N. L. 5635 W. C. 
to the 4th day of July 1875 V. E. 

In the name of the G. A. 0. T. U. and to the Glory of 
Saint Andrew, there assembled the B. B. as expressed in 
the margin, at a point only known to the 
Present SS. of the W. for the purpose of discussing 

Ansell the subject of our future Lodge room. 

DePyee The proceedings were opened by reading 

Keller the Minutes of the two previous meetings 

Lege which were approved. Bro. Hall then took 

Hall the word and suggested the propriety of 

Windisch our endeavoring to obtain the use of the 

Masonic Temple, of this town and thought 
it was possible to rent it from the present occupants. 

Bro. DePyee expressed his views on the subject, the 
other B. B. taking part therein, the Ven. M. Elect then 
read a communication which he had prepared addressed 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 125 

to Corpus Christi Lodge No. 189, A. F. and A. M. (refer 
to letter book page 3) which drew forth from Bro. Lege 
the motion that, 'The communication be adopted and 
transmitted", seconded by Bro. Keller and unanimously 
adopted. The subject of the By-Laws and Seal was then 
discussed, and on motion laid over until w^e should hear 
from the Sov. Gr. Ins. Gen. of the district. 

Nothing further coming forward the B. B. adjourned 
in peace and good will. 
(Signed) A. Ansell, 14° Wm. DePyee, 14° 

T. P. G.Master. Gr.SecV- 

Herman Menly, 
Orator. 
(Letter above referred to and Book of Records are now 
in the possession of the Inspector General.) 

T. T. G. 0. T. G. A. 0. T. U. 
HEALTH STABILITY POWER 

Orient of Corpus Christi, Texas, near the B. B. under 
the C. C. of the Zenith of 27" 47", 53, on the 13th day 
of the 8th Hebrew Month Khesvan, A. L. 5636 W. C. to 
the 11th day of Nov. 1875 V. E. 

Present'. In the name and under the auspices of 

Brothers the Sup. Cou. 33d degree A. & A. S. R. of 

Ansell Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction 

Hall of the U. S. whose See is at Charleston, 

Lege S. C, by Temporary Letters of Constitution 

Ricklefson granted by Ills. Philip C. Tucker 33° Dep- 
Windisch uty Insp. Gen. for the State of Texas. 

Gilpin The members (whose names are men- 

DePyee tioned in the margin) of the Wor. Lodge 

Keller ^ of St. John, regularly chartered under the 
Menly ' distinctive title of ''Corpus Christi Lodge 
of Perfection No. 2," having met in a se- 
cure place and being well tiled. Peace, Concord and 
Charity reigning; the gavel of direction was held in the 
East by Bro. A. Ansell, T. P. Gr. Master, Bro. John Hall 
and George Lege sit in the West, at the head of their 
respective Col. Bro. H. Menly occupied the seat of Orator 
and Bro. Wm. DePyee, Secretary, kept the Minutes of 
the Work. 

After dawn and between the hours of Sunrise and mid- 
night the labors of the Lodge were opened in due form, 
followed by the reading of the "Temporary Letters of 



126 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Constitution," and the inauguration of the Temple, in 
continuation of the Work the officers of the Lodge were 
duly installed, Excellent Bro. A. Gilpin Gr. Master of Cer., 
acting as Inaugurating and Installing Officer by appoint- 
ment, of the Excellent T. P. G. Master. 

The Lodge being installed the Sack of propositions was 
circulated, returning to the East with several communi- 
cations, as follows: 

1st: Answer from 111. P. C. Tucker 33' relative to the 
Jurisdiction of this Lodge, which ordered filed. 

2nd: A communication relative to the cost of a Seal; 
this was given to discussion, whereupon several of the 
B. B. took the Word, resulting in the following which 
was moved by Bro. John Hall and seconded by Bro. Lege; 
that an appropriate seal be obtained to cost not over 
$12.00, carried. Bro. Hall generously offered to send to 
New York for it, Bro. DePyee promised to make the 
drawing. 

3rd: Communication from Bro. Thomas Allen, Master 
Mason, soliciting position as Tyler. 

4th: Communication from Bro. C. Young, M. M., peti- 
tioning for initiation ; these two communications were 
given to the Lodge for discussion, after which the T. P. 
G. M. stated he would refer them to a secret committee. 
The letters were ordered filed. 

5th : A copy of the By Laws of "San Felipe Lodge of 
Perfection No. 1, which were ordered read; the object of 
reading them was to see whether the same laws would 
suit for adoption for this Lodge. On conclusion of the 
reading, it was moved by Bro. Hall and seconded by Bro. 
Keller, that the By-Laws as just read be adopted with 
the following changes, viz: 

''Section 1. Art. 1, read (instead of 'First Friday') 
First and Third Thursday of every month." The motion 
being put to a vote resulted in its unanimous adoption. 

The following B. B. tendered their monthly dues: Bro. 
Ansell, 50c; Bro. Ricklefson, 50c; Bro. Gilpin, 50c; Bro. 
Keller, 50c; Bro. Menly 50c; Bro. Windisch 50c; Bro. 
Hall 50c; Bro. Lege, 50c. Total $4.00. 

Nothing further coming before the Lodge, it was closed 
in Prayer, Peace and Harmony. 

(SEAL) (Signed) A. Ansell, 14° Wm. DePyee, 14° 

T. P. G. M. Gr. Sec'y. 

Herman Menly, 
Gr. Orator. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 127 

T. T. G. 0. G. A. 0. T. U. 

Health Stability Power 

Or. of Corpus Christi, Texas, w. t. B. B. 
w. t. C. C. of the Zenith of 27° 47" 53' 
on the 4th day of the Heb. month 
A. M. 5636 w. c. to the 27th 
of May, 1876 V. E. 

To 111. P. C. Tucker 33'' 

Sov. Gr. Insp. Genl. active member Sup. Coun. etc. 
H. E. at Charleston, S. C. 

111. Sir and Bro. : 

Having completed your instructions, conformable to your 
"Letters of Dispensation" dated the Or. of Galveston on 
the 5th day of Kesleu 5635 by which I was created your 
"Special Deputy" to confer the degrees of the Lodge of 
Perfection upon four Master Masons in good standing, 
I now respectfully give you account of my stewardship. 
1st & 2d On the 16th Decem., 1875, B. B. Thos. Allen 
■and C. W. Young were admitted as members of 
our Rite, degrees conferred and communicated. 
3d On the 16th of March, 1876, Bro. E. A. Wagner 

had conferred upon him the 4th and 5th degrees, 
the 6th, 7th and 8th were communicated on the 
6th of April, the 9th degree was conferred the 
10th, 11th and 12th communicated on the 11th 
of April, the 13th degree was conferred and on 
the 20th same month the 14th was conferred. 
4th On the 18th of May I selected Bro. Joseph 

Almond as the 4th on whom I could confidently 
confer the honorable title of a Scotch Rite Ma- 
son, he was admitted to the "Secret Master's 
Degree." 

This concludes my power as your Special 
Deputy and I am free to place myself at your disposal for 
any other Masonic duty which you may deem me capable 
to perform. 

My Brethren and Co-laborers being desirous of im- 
proving their minds, and making themselves proficient, 
desire me to apply for them for the following book: 
Two copies of the or Sanctuary. 

I enclose postoffice order for Fifteen Dollars, if not 
enough draw on me at sight, that is if you need the money, 
without delay. 

I would like you to send me two blank briefs for B. B. 



128 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Wa^er and Almond. I will fill them up and send you 
their 'Tiliacion" to Galveston. These will make in all 
14 Briefs. 

I write you to Charleston that the Books and Briefs 
may come to you on your return from our Supreme 
Council. 

Pledging myself as usual to you and all our Sov. Gr. 
Insp. Gen. under the Bat. of the Mysterious Num. 
and with the salutations your due, 
I remain, 
Sincerely and fraty. yours 

Aaron Ansell, M. D. 14" 
T. P. G. M. 



T. T. G. 0. T. G. A. 0. T. U. 
H. S. P. 

Or. of Corpus Christi, Texas, near the 
B. B. under the C. C. of the Zenith 
27.47.53 N. Lat. on the 5th day of the 
Heb. month A. M. 5636 C. to 26th 
June. 1876. V. E. 



C. C. Lodge Perfn. 
Office of Secrty. 
No. 2 A. A. S. R. 



No. 10 



To the 111. P. C. Tucker 33° 

Sov. Gr. Insp. Gen. Active Member 
of Sup. Coun. for Texas. 

111. Sir and Dear Bro. : 

I am directed to acknowledge receipt 
of ''Permanent Letters of Constitution" 
duly attested. 

Herein please find "Temporary Let- 
ters of Constitution" granted by you, 
and which are now replaced by the 
aforementioned Perpetual Letters. 

Our Thrice Puissant directs me to 
say that the money in hand for Briefs 
and Books can be appropriated to the 
value of Thirty Five Dollars for pay- 
ment of the Patent and when we shall 
be notified that the Briefs and Books 
are in your hands we will situate the 
money therefor. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 129 

Offering you the salutations of fra- 
ternal Concord and the Bat. your due 
(SEAL) I remain 

Respectfy. & fraty. yours 
Wm. DePyee, 

Gr. Secretary. 

DEUS MEUMQUE JUS. 

Office of Sectry. To 111. Phillip C. Tucker, 33° 
Corpus Christi Sov. Gr. Insp. Gen. Active Member of 

Lodge of Perfr. the Sup. Coun. for the Southern Ju- 

No. 2 risdiction of the U. S. of America 

A. A. S. R, from Texas, and Ex-Officio the De- 

puty of said Sup. Coun* for Texas. 

Health. Stability. Power. 

111. Sir and Bro : 

I have the honor to inform you, that, this day the offi- 
cers of "Corpus Christi Lodge of Perfection No. 2, A. A. 
S. R.," were duly installed under authority granted by 
the Sup. Coun. 33° for the Southern Jurisdiction of the 
U. S. of America, Mother Council of the World, by Letters 
Patent of Constitution in Perpetuity vised by you, the 
active member and Dep. Gr. Ins. Gen* for Texas; and for 
your government include list of said officers : 

T. P. G. M. (re-elected) Bro. A. Ansell, 14° 

Sr. Gr. Ward. Bro. E. A. Wagner, 14° 

Jr. Gr. Ward. Bro. A. Ricklefson, 14° 

Gr. Orator Bro. H. A. Gilpin, 14° 

Gr. Secty. Bro. Wm. De Pyee, 14° 

Gr. Almoner Bro. John Hall, 14° 

Gr. M. of Cer. Bro. Geo. Lege, 14° 

Gr. Expert Pro. Ed. Windisch, 14° 

Gr. Asst. Expt. Bro. Hy. Keller, 14° 

Gr. Cap. of Host Bro. H. Menly, 14° 

Gr. Tiler Bro. Thos. Allen, 14° 

Fervent prayers are offered to the Great and Wise 
Disposer of all things earthly for the fulfillment of our 
good design, and we send you greeting, with the saluta- 
tion by the Myst. Numbers and the Bat. your due. 

Done at the Valley of Corpus Christi, Texas, n. 1. B. B. 
u. t. C. C. of the Zenith 27.47.53 on the 28th day of the 



130 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

4th Hebrew month Tamuz A. M. 5636 W. C. to the 20th 
day of July 1876 V. E. 

(Seal) (Signed) Aaron Ansell, M. D., 14° 

C. W. Young, 14° Thrice Puissant Gr. Master. 

Gr. Secty. 

Universi Terrarum Orbis Architectonis Summi Ad Gloriam 
Deus Meumque Jus. 

In the name and by the authority of the Supreme Coun- 
cil of Sov. Gr. Inspectors General of the 33d and last 
degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free- 
masonry in and for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United 
States of America. 

(SEAL) By the active members from Texas and 

ex-officio its Deputy: 

Official information having been received that from 
absentiveness and other causes, only eight of the members 
of Corpus Christi Lodge of Perfection No. 2 can at present 
be congregated, that therefore its business cannot be trans- 
acted, its work is retarded, and the existence of said 
Lodge endangered. All which is injurious to the best in- 
terest of the Rite, and the elevation of its people. To 
overcome which evil, the official action of our active 
member of said Supreme Council resident in Texas, has 
been envoked. Wherefore we do issue these presents, and 
do authorize Bro. Aaron Ansell 14°, the T. P. Grand 
Master of Corpus Christi Lodge No. 2 to act as the 
Special Deputy of said active member and as such to, (the 
said eight members first consenting in writing thereto,) 
to communicate according to the terms of Article XXVI 
and 1 (page 396) of the statutes and regulations of the 
Rite, the degrees from 4° to 14° inclusive upon Brothers 
I. D. Mart, Michael Brennan and being Master Masons 
in good standing which shall be as lawful as if done by 
said active member in person, and for which this is his 
warrant. Bro Ansell will make due report of his acts in 
the premises, cause this warrant to be recorded in the 
Engraved Tablet of his Lodge, and return the original 
to us. 

Given at the Orient of Galveston, Texas, under our 
hand and seal this 3rd day of the Hebrew month Tisri 
A. M. 5637 answering to the 21st day of September, A. D. 
1876 V. E. 

Philip C. Tucker, 33° 
Sov. Gr. Inspector General, Active Member 
(Seal) from Texas, etc. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 131 



Ad Gloriam 

Gr. Sect. Lux E. Tenebris 

C. C. Lodge of Per.Orient of Corpus Christi, Texas, near 

No. 2 the B. B. under the C. C. of the Zenith 

of 27-47.53 on 1st day of the Hebrew 

Month Adar A. M. 5637, Corresponding 

to the 14th day of February 1877 V.E. 

111. P. C. Tucker, 33° 

Sov. Gr. Ins. Genl., Dist. of Texas, 
Galveston. 

111. Sir and Bro.: 

Our T. P. G. M. having to communicate with 111. Bro. 
Albert Pike on matters of private business casually spoke 
of the Briefs which are needed here, and we learn from 
the Sov. Gr. Com. that the Gr. Secretariat is now ready 
to supply all the necessary demands, I am therefore in- 
structed to make application to you for the following: 
Fourteen Briefs of 14° as per enclosed list 
Three copies of the Liturgy 4th to 14th 
Three full sets of the Official Bulletin 
One copy of the Morals and Dogmas 
We beg you will obtain these for us at once and draw 
upon me or our T. P. for the value at sight, one copy of 
the Liturgy you will please retain in lieu of that you so 
affectionately loaned us and which we will retain here, 
your other books will be returned so soon as a favorable 
opportunity offers. I shall be obliged to you to send me 
a blank in order that I may make out our returns. 

Hoping there may be no impropriety in our not for- 
warding the value of the above order, before we know 
how much the whole of the amount is, yet we trust there 
will be no further delay in our getting our wants supplied. 

I beg also to intimate there is a small balance of 
Seven 50-100 dollars to our credit in the hands of the 
Gr. Treasurer, or your own, which we desire to be used 
in liquidation in part of this order. 

Offering you the salutations your due in the Myst. 
Num. and with the Bat. Known only to us, I remain, 

111. Sir and Bro. 

Obedt. and Fraty. Yours, 

C. W. Young, 14° 
Gr. Secretary. 



132 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Dei Optimi Maximi Unibersitatis Rerum Fontis ac Originis 

ad Gloriam. 

Sup. Coun. 33d Deg. Anc. & Ace. Scott. Rite of Free- 
masonry. 

Having its See at Atelier of the Sov. Gr. Commander. 
Or. of Washington. For the Southern Jurisdiction of the 
United States of America. Charleston, South Carolina. 

The 4th day of the Heb. m. Tisri A. M. 5636, corre- 
sponding to the 11th day of September, 1877, V. E. 

To the 111. B. B. Phihp C. Tucker and Achille R. Morel 33% 

resident and administering in the State of Texas. 
Very Dear Brethren: 

In consideration of the very great zeal and devotedness 
and eminent worth of the Bro. Knight Kadosh, Dr. Aaron 
Ansell, Ex. Tr. P. Gr. Master of the Lodge of Perfection, 
Corpus Christi, I have the honor to request that you 
will, for me and yourselves, or that one of you will, in- 
vest him with the 31st and 32d Degrees of our Rite, as 
Honorarium, without fee or charge, and inform me thereof, 
to the end that he may have his Patent in due form. 
Valette Salvete! 

Albert Pike, 33° 
Sov. Grand Commander. 

Pinitas, May 2nd, 1883. 
Philip C. Tucker, Esq., 

Galveston. 
Dear Sir & Bro: 

In the transactions of the Supreme Council October, 
1882 I find that the Lodge of Perfection at Corpus Christi 
was declared "extinct and the charter and books issued 
to them to be recalled." I have thought it my duty to 
take charge of the books and papers of the Lodge and I 
have received from the late officers the following 

1 Charter 

9 Blank Diplomas 

1 Book Secret Work 

2 Books Sr. G. Warden 
1 Book Dogma & Mrls 
1 Minute Book 

1 Roll Book 
1 Letter Book 
1 Book By-Laws 

The seal I could not get, the Treasurer who has it being 
absent in Mexico. There is no property belonging to the 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 133 

Lodge except their small triangular tables, which are very 
common and not worth moving. The books I will keep 
carefully until you instruct me what to do with them. 
The book of Secret Work will be carefully sealed up and 
directed to you so that in case of my death it will be sent 
to you unopened. I have done all in my power to keep 
the organization of this Lodge intact, having several times 
called a meeting of the members, but always failed to get 
them together, three of them living at a distance from 
the city and I never get the Secretary to make me a 
report that 1 could send you. No one can regret this 
more than I do. I labored earnestly with the members 
and warned them that they would loose their charter if 
they did not meet and take some steps toward keeping it. 
They all spoke very loyally but at the same time would 
do nothing. I should like to have your approbation of 
what I have done in this m;atter and if convenient I would 
wish you to send me my diploma for the 32°. 
Very truly and fra. your obd. sert. 

H. A. Gilpin, 
(This Bro. Gilpin was one of Bro. Tucker's Deputies. — 
C. A. H.) 

The records show, the last meeting was held in this 
Lodge May 9th, 1878; 9 B. B., being present at this meet- 
ing; absent 4. The records show this to be the 42nd meet- 
ing during the life of this Lodge. The author failed to 
find any reasons given for the demise of this Lodge. His 
reasons for copying the records of three meetings, are to 
give the complete history up to and including the election 
and installation of officers and by whose authority insti- 
tuted. Two of the Charter Members of this Lodge are 
now living, and both are members, in good standing, of 
Corpus Christi Lodge 189, A. F. & A. M. 

"Oct. 1882. Proceedings of the Supreme Council, The 
Lodge of Perfection at Corpus Christi, Texas, was de- 
clared to be extinct and the Charter and books issued 
to them recalled." 

WACO BODIES. 

Waco, Texas, April 15th, 1874. 
P. C. Tucker, Galveston, Texas, 
Grand Inspector General, 33°, 
Supreme Council, A. & A. Rite, for the Southern Juris- 
diction of the United States, 
Right Worshipful Sir: 

The undersigned having respectively attained to the 



134 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



degrees set opposite our names, and being in good stand- 
ing and full fellowship in our respective Lodges, respect- 
fully petition the Supreme Council, through you its offi- 
cial Representative, in and for the State of Texas, to 
grant us Letters Patent, or warrant, constituting us a 
Lodge of Perfection, and empowering us to work in the 
A. & A. Rite from the 4th to the 14th degrees, inclusive; 
pledging ourselves to a faithful obedience and conformity 
to the Constitution, Statutes and Regulations of the Rite, 
and to pay all regular fees whenever called on. 

Hoping it may be your pleasure to grant our petition, 
communicate the degrees and constitute us a Lodge at an 
early day, we are. 

Respectfully and Fraternally, 

Name, No. and Lo- 
Name in Full Degree Attained cation of Lodge 

Sion Bass Trice K. T., W. M....Waco, 92, Texas 

Jno, Burritt Durand 

Baxter K. T Mt. Moriah, 159, La. 

John Milton Riveire K. T Waco, 92, Texas 

William Henderson 

Wilkes R.& S. M.,W.M.J. H. Gurley, 337,Waco 

James Edward Lewis K. T Waco, 92, Texas 

Wm. Alex. Casseday R. A J. H. Gurley, 337,Waco 

Sherwood Adkerson 

Owens K. T., C. G J. H. Gurley, 337,Waco 

Richard Ellis BurnhamK. T Waco, 92, Texas 

Herrman HutchenriderK. T ..Waco, 92, Texas 

Ephraim Patrick 

Massey K. T., Sec'y J. H. Gurley, 337,Waco 

Fredei^ic Harrison 

Page K. T J. H. Gurley, 337,Waco 

Charles Peterson M. M J. H. Gurley, 337,Waco 

George Henry RandleR. & S. M Waco, 92, Texas 

James Neal Harris R. & S. M Waco, 92, Texas 

John Sparks Moore B. & S. M J. H. Gurley, 337,Waco 

Francis Richmond 

Bird K. T J. H. Gurley, 337,Waco 

Wilham Benj. Trice K. T... Waco, 92, Texas 

The above is a copy of the original petition, now 42 
years old, but the author fails to find any other letters 
or documents pertaining to the above petition. Except on 
back of petition in Bro. Tucker's handwriting, Waco 
Petition, 1874." 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 135 



To the Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe. 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council of the 33d Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction 
of the United States of America. 

On the 30th day of December, A. D. 1875, came Ben- 
jamin B. Richardson, 30°, Special Deputy Inspector Gen- 
eral, acting for the 111. Bro. Phihp C. Tucker, 33°, and 
active member from Texas of the Supreme Council of 33d 
and last Degree of the A. and A. Scottish Rite of Free- 
masonry, and by authority communicated to Sion B. Trice, 
Sidney C. Oliver, John W. Mann, Wm. B. Trice, John S. 
Napier, Samuel J. Fosgard, Ephraim P. Massey, Carl O. 
Fosgard, Stephen D. Moore, Charles F. Smith, Jacob F. 
Brinkerhoff and Frank R. Bird, all of the Degrees from 
4th to 14th inclusive. 

And by authority of Letters Patent of Constitution, did 
constitute the said brethren their associates and successors 
into a Just, Legal and Perfect Lodge of Perfection of 
Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime Masons of the 14th 
Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free- 
masonry, to be known and called by the name of "Central 
Lodge of Perfection No. 3", and with the consent of said 
brethren, appointed Bro. Sion B. Trice, First Grand 
Master; Bro. Ephraim Massey, First Grand Sr. W. ; Bro. 
Stephen D. Moore, First Grand Jr. W. ; Bro. Jacob F. 
Brinkerhoff, First Grand Secretary of said Lodge, and 
to hold their respetcive offices until Letters of Perpetual 
Constitution shall be granted it; the residue of officers 
were appointed as follows: 

Samuel J. Fosgard, Gr. Treas. ; John S. Napier, Gr. 
Orator; Carl 0. Fosgard, Gr. Almoner; Frank R. Bird, 
Sr. Expert; Sidney C. Oliver, Jr. Expert; John W. Mann, 
Master of Ceremonies; Wm. B. Trice, Captain of Host; 
Charles T. Smith, Gr. Guard, and to hold their offices for 
the sam.e time. 

Said Letters Patent of Contsitution being signed and 
of date as follows. Given under our hand and the seal 
of our Arms at the Orient of Galveston, the second of 
the Hebrew month Tabeth, A. M. 5636, corresponding 
with the 30th day of December, 1875, V. E. 

Philip C. Tucker, 33°, S. G. I. G., 

■of Sup. Coun. of 33d for Sou. Juris, of U. S. of Am. 
for Texas. 

Sion B. Trice, M. 
Wm. B. Trice 
John W. Mann 



136 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Charles F. Smith 

Ephriam P. Massey, S. W. 

Stephen D. Moore, J. W. 

Sidney Crawford Olive 

Samuel John Fosgard 

Carl Oscar Fosgard 

John S. Napier 

Jacob F. Brinkerhoff, Secty. 
Central Lodge No. 3. 
I, B. B. Richardson, 30°, hereby certify that in obedience 
to the within authority on the 29th of December, 1875, 
proceeded to the City of Waco and communicated the 
degrees from 4th to 14th, inclusive, to the above named 
brethren, the fees for which are hereby returned. 

B. B. Richardson, 30°, 

To the Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe. 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council of the 33d Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction 
of the United States of America, the Members of Central 
Lodge of Perfection No. 3, having met in a secure and 
well tiled place, where peace, charity and concord reigned 
at the Orient of Waco, Texas, on the 5th day of the 
Hebrew month called Khesvan, of the year of the World 
5637, corresponding with 23rd day of October of the 
Common Era 1876. 

The gavel of direction is held in the East by the Bro. 
S. B. Trice, T. P. G. M.; Bro. E. P. Massey, G. S. W.; 
S. D. Moore, G. J. W.; Bro. S. J. Fosgard, Gr. Tieas.; 
Bro. J. F. Brinkerhoff, Gr. Sec'y. ; Bro. C. 0. Fosgard, 
Gr. Almoner; Bro. Charles Smith, Gr. Tyler. 

At high noon the labors are opened in the degree of 
G. E. P. & S. Mason. 

Petitions were read, balloted upon, elected. There being 
no further business, the Lodge closed. 

(Signed) S. B. Trice, T. P. G. M. 

To the Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe. 

By the active members of the Supreme Council of the 
Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America 
of the 33° the Sovereigns the Grand Inspectors General of 
the A. & A. Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, from Texas. 
And in the name of said Supreme Council. 
To all Feremasons: 

Know ye, that our 111. Bro. Benjamin Ball Richardson, 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 137 

32°, is our bearer of Letters Patent of Constitution from 
our Supreme Council to the brethren of Waco, Texas, 
named therein, to be constituted into* a lawful Lodge of 
Perfection at Waco aforesaid. And we do authorize him 
as our Deputy to constitute and inaugurate said Lodge 
and install its officers, making one report thereof to us. 

And we do authorize him as our Deputy to communi- 
cate the Degrees 15th and 16th of said Scottish Rite to 
our Brother S. B. Trice 14°, and such other Grand Elect 
Perfect and Sublime Masons at Waco as msy apply to 
him therefor. 

Granted at the Orient of Galveston, Texas, under the 
C. C. of that Zenith which answers to the 29° 18" 17' N. 
Lat. near the B. B., this 6th day of November, A. D. 
1876, V. E. 

(Seal) (Signed) Philip C. Tucker, 33° 

S. G. I. General; Active 
Member from Texas as aforesaid. 

To the Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe. 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council of the Sovereigns, the Grand Inspector General 
of the 33rd Degree Grand Commanders of the Holy Em- 
pire (Mother Council of the World) whose See is at 
Charleston, in the State of South Carolina: 

On the 14th day of November, A. D. 1876, correspond- 
ing with the 27th day of the Hebrew month Khesvan of the 
year of the World 5637, came 111. B. B. Richardson, 30°, 
Special Deputy Inspector General, acting for 111. Bro. Philip 
C. Tucker, 33°, and active member from Texas of the Su- 
preme Council of the 33rd and last Degree of Ancient 
and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemia sorry, who, with 
power as delegated to him and with Letters Patent of 
Perpetual Constitution, did inaugurate Central Lodge of 
Perfection No. 3, in due and legal form, ^^nd also by 
authority conferred on him, did install -Bro. S. B. Trice, 
T. P. Gr. M.; Bro. E. P. Massey, G. S. W.; Bro. S. D. 
Moore, G. J. W., Bro. S. J. Fosgard, G^. Treas. ; B^o. 
J. F. Brinkerhoff, G. Sec'y. ; the remainder of the offi- 
cers present were duly installed: Brethren present, J. S. 
Napier, C. 0. Fosgard, S. C. Olive, Charles Smith, J. F. 
Sedwick, W. J. Debardelebin. 

There being no further business, the Lodge was called 
to rest. 

November 16th, A. D. 1876, the Lodge w«s called from 
rest to labor. The gavel of direction is held in the East 



138 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



by 111. Bro. B. B. Richardson, Bro. J. F. Brinkerhoff, Gr. 
S. W.; S. D. Moore, Gr. Jr. W.; Bro. S. J. Fosgard, Gr. 
Treas. ; Bro. J. S. Napier, Gr. Orator; Bro. S. C. Olive, 
Gr. Expert; Bro. C. 0. Fosgard, Gr. Almoner; Bro. W. 
B. Trice, C. of H. ; Bro. Charles Smith, Guard ; Bro. J. F. 
Sedwick and W. J. Debardelebin present. 

The degrees from the 4th to the 13th communicated 
to Bro. R. E. Burnham and H. J. Canfield and from 
the 5th to the 13th on Bro. J. M. Reveire and the degrees 
of Perfection were conferred on Bro. J. M. Reveire and 
Bro. R. E. Burnham in due form. 

A motion was made and seconded that the Lodge pay 
Bro. Richardson's expenses incurred in coming and in- 
augurating the Lodge, and that a vote of thanks be ten- 
dered him for his work in behalf of the Lodge, the ex- 
penses being $36.00 The motion was carried. 

There being no further business, the Lodge was closed. 
(Signed) S. B. Trice, 

T. P. G. M. 

To the Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe. 

To 111. Bro. PhiHp C. Tucker, 33\ Sov. Grand Inspector 
General, active member from Texas of the Supreme Coun- 
cil 33° for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States 
of America, Mother Council of the World. 
111. Sir. 

'By virtue of your commission issued to me at the O. of 
Galveston, giving me in charge Letters Patent of Consti- 
tution issued by the Supreme Council, to certain brethren 
at Waco, and authority to constitute them ino a Lodge of 
Perfection, I proceeded to the City of Waco in the State 
of Texas, and in conformity to the authority above named 
did there on the 14th day of November 1876, constitute 
and Inaugurate Central Lodge of Perfection No. 3 and 
install its officers elected and appointed, and delivered to 
them the Letters Patent of Constitution from the Supreme 
Council which they accepted upon the terms and stipula- 
ions therein contained, receiving from them the sum of 
thirty dollars, which, with five dollars, now in the Treas- 
ruy of the Holy Empire, completes the sum due by them 
for Charter and Secretary's fee, for which sum of thirty- 
five dollars I gave them my receipt. 

I did furthermore on various days frorn the 12th to the 
16th day of November, commnuicate to the several breth- 
ren hereinafter named, they being Grand Elect Perfect 
and Sublime Masons of the 14th Degree of the Ancient 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 139 



and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, the fifteenth 
and sixteenth degrees of said Rite, as I Wias empowered 
to do by your said commission and received from each 
of them the full fee of ten dollars therefor, which said 
sum of one hundred dollars and the other sum of thirty 
dollars will be delivered to you with this report less the 
amount due me by "Section 11, Article XVIII" of the 
''Statutes and Institutes" of the Supreme Council of 33" 
as your Special Deputy. The following are the names of 
the brethren, the date of the communicating and the fee 
from each, viz: 

Sion B. Trice $10.00 Nov. 12th, 1876 

J. F. Brinkerhoff 10.00 Nov. 12th, 1876 

Chas. F. Smith 10.00 Nov. 12th, 1876 

R. E. Burnham 10.00 Nov. 12th, 1876 

J. M. Reveire 10.00 Nov. 16th, 1876 

J. S. Napier 10.00 Nov. 16th, 1876 

S. J. Fosgard.. 10.00 Nov. 16th, 1876 

C. 0. Fosgard 10.00 Nov. 16th, 1876 

S. C. Olive 10.00 Nov. 16th, 1876 

J. F. Sedwick 10.00 Nov. 16th, 1876 

All of wihch is respectfully submitted. God save the 
Supreme Council. 

B. B. Richardson, 30°, 

Special Deputy. 

The author omitted called meetings October 26th, and 
November 10th, as they were only called for communi- 
cating degrees. This meeting, November 14th, is a true 
and correct copy as appears on the Book of Records, In- 
stallation of Officers, legally constituting the Lodge of 
Perfection No. 3, in Waco, Texas. 

The last meeting of this Lodge was held March 4th, 1879. 

A notation of Bro. Philip C. Tucker, 33°, Inspector 
Geenral, shows the books have been surrendered to Bro. 
John C. McCoy, 32°, K. C. C. H., February, 1879. Bro. 
McCoy died in May 1887, and Bro. J. K. Ashby secured 
the books and expressed them to Bro. Tucker by Pacific 
Express, June 20th, 1887. 

Only three of the Charter Members of Waco Lodge of 
Perfection No. 3, are now living. 

PALESTINE BODIES. 

Orient of Texas, Palestine, Texas, June 10th, 1879.. 
A. and A. S. R. held in Palestine, Texas, Thursday even- 
ing, June 10th, 1879, in Room No. 6, C. A. Sternes' Hotel. 



140 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Brother B. B. Richardson, 32°, K. C. C. H., Deputy In- 
spector Geneial of Galveston, Texas, examined the follow- 
ing brethren tc-wit: 

G. J. Gooch N. W. Hunter 

A. R. Howard J. E. Wilson 

J. B. McKnight Orville Grove 

S. P. Allen E. M. French 

H. J. Hunter C. A. Sterne 

and found all to be Master Masons in good standing, and 
in response to s petition signed by them addressed to 
Brother r^hilip C. Tucker, 33°, Inspector General, to com- 
municate on them fiom the 4° to the 14°, inclusive, and 
organize them a Lodge of Perfection of the Ancient and 
Accepted Scottish Rite, read the following letter patent, 
to-wit : 

TO THE GLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF 
THE UNIVERSE 

In the name and by the authority of the "Supreme 
Council," (Mother Council of the World) of the Inspectors 
General Knights Commanders of the House of the Temple 
of Solomon of the 33° of the Ancient and Accepted Scot- 
tish Rite of Free Masonry for the Southern Jurisdiction 
of the United States of America, which has its See at 
Charleston in the State of South Carolina, 

To all Free Masons every where 
JUSTICE AND TOLERATION 

Know Ye : That we, acting by our Deputy, the Inspector 
General, Brother Philip C. Tucker, 33°, an active member 
of our Council, Resident at Galveston, in the State of 
Texas, charged with the administration of our said Rite 
therein having created the following named brethren resi- 
dent of Anderson County, members of said Rite from 
the 4° to the 14°, inclusive, received from them an application 
to be with others named congregated into a Lodge of Per- 
fection by the name of Palestine Lodge of Perfection 
No. 4, at Palestine, said County of Anderson, therein to 
work said degrees of the Rite according to the usages, 
statutes and custom of the Rite in said Southern Jurisdic- 
tion, and because we have reason to believe that in obe- 
dience to their vows, they will in good faith discharge 
the trust reposed in them, we do grant the prayer of their 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 141 

petition, they having first taken and subscribed their re- 
spective oaths of Fealty and Allegiance, and do congregate 
them accordingly, and by these letters do form and con- 
stitute brothers: 

G. J. Goocii C. A. Sterne 

J. B. McKnight E. M. French 

J. E. Wilson A, R. Howard 

S. P. Allen Orville Grove 

J. J. McBride B. B. Richardson 

N. W. Hunter H. J. Hunter 

Perfect Elus, into a Lodge of Perfection by the name 
of Palestine Lodge of Perfection No. 4 and authorize it to 
meet and work as customary in such a Lodge in the Juris- 
diction of Palestine, to confer the degrees inclusive in said 
Lodge when open, in accordance with our. Statutes and 
usages and to transact all business proper therein, strictly 
complying with the Constitution and Statues in regard 
thereto for which this is their "warrant, and we do appoint 
Brot^^er G. J. Gooch, Venerable Master; N, W. Hunter, 
Sr. Warden; A. R. Howard, Jr. Warden, and do authorize 
them to act accordingly and to appoint other members of 
said Lodge to fill the other offices therein and do require 
prompt returns and payments to the Supreme Council ac- 
cording to our laws. Donates Supia, this 10th day of June, 
1879, V. E., for the Supreme Council, signed Philip C. 
Tucker, 33°, Inspector General, Active Member from Texas 
in the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction, U. S. 
Et. Ex Officio, Depistatus a Texas, 

and in pursuance to above he communicated from the 4th 
to the 14th degree, inclusive, on the following named 
brethren : 

Eli Martin French, born at Sodum Haldimard County, 
C. W., April 18th, 1853; 

Charles Adolphus Sterne, born in Nacogdoches, Republic 
of Coahuila and Texas, October 10th, 1830: 

Joseph Edward Wilson, born in Errmans, Lehigh Coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania, February 4th, 1847; 

Alford Ryland Howard, born in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
vania, April 20th, 1852: 

Stephen Parks Allen, born in Deyersburg, Dyer County, 
Tennessee, April 16th, 1847; 

Orville Grove, born in Morgantown, Virginia, February 
9th, 1852; 

Gideon Johnson Gooch, born in Rumsey, Kentucky, 
April 3rd, 1844; 



142 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Nat Wyche Hunter, born in Huntington, Cherokee Coun- 
ty, North Carolina, August 23rd, 1839; 

JuHus Becton McKnight, born in San Augustine, San 
Augustine County, Texas, March 20th, 1843; 

Henry Jacobus Hunter, born in Summerville, Chatta- 
nooga County, Georgia, March 11th, 1838; 
and did declare and announce that Palestine Lodge of Per- 
fection No. 4 organized with the following officers and 
Members : 

G. J. Gooch, V. M. N. W. Hunter, Sr. W. 

A. R. Howard, Jr. W. J. E. Wilson, Secy. 

J. B. McKnight, Treas. Orville Grove, Orator, 

S. P. Allen, Almoner, E. M. French, Expert, 

H. J. Hunter, M. of C. C. A. Sterne, C. of G. 

Amount received from the following brethren for pay- 
ment of Charter: 

Bro. G. J. Gooch $10.00 

Bro. N. W. Hunter 10.00 

Bro.A. R. Howard 10.00 

Bro. J. E. Wilson 10.00 

Bro. J. B. McKnight 10.00 

Bro. Orville Grove 10.00 

Bro. S. P. Allen 10.00 

E. M. French 10.00 

H. J. Hunter 10.00 

Bro. C. A. Sterne 10.00 

Total $100.00 

Account of Charter books and expense: 
amounting to $90.50 presented and draft ordered on Treas- 
urer for same. Lodge was then closed subject to call of 
Venerable Master. 

Signed J. G. Gooch, J. E. Wilson, 

Venerable Master. Secretary. 

The last regular meeting of Palestine Lodge of Perfec- 
tion No. 4, was held March 1, 1884. The records show 
a called meeting was held March 11, 1884, for the purpose 
of conferring the degrees on Joseph Amson, but no min- 
utes of this meeting are recorded. All of the Charter 
Members that we have any account of are dead with the 
exception of Bros. C. A. Stearne, 32°, of Palestine and A. 
R. Howard, 32°, of Houston, W. S. Bryant, 32°, of Pales- 
tine, and Fletcher Watts, 14°, of Palestine. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 143 



(Note Proceedings of Supreme Council, October, 1882.) 

**The Lodge of Perfection at Palestine, Texas, was 
declared to be extinct and the charter and books issued 
to them recalled". C. A. Hotchkiss, 33° Hon., Deputy In- 
spector, was instructed by the S. G. L General to proceed 
to Palestine and collect all the books, papers, records, 
Charter, and return to him. 

The author desires to call attention to an error in 
above : W. S. Bryant 32°, Charles A. Sterne 32°, W. A. Hens- 
ley 32°, and Joseph E. Wilson 32°, were charter members 
of the Lodge of Perfection, but the degrees were not com- 
municated to them, as Bro. Albert Pike 33°, Grand Com- 
mander, had communicated the degrees to them some time 
prior to the institution of the Lodge of Perfection. 

Palestine, Texas, V. E., 1879, December 27th, A. M. 5639. 

To 111. P. C. Tucker, 33° 

Active Member Supreme Council, 

Southern Jurisdiction, U. S. A., Galveston. 
Dear Brother: 

After the close of Palestine Lodge of Perfection No. 4, 
this evening an informal meeting of the members of the 
32° was held and it was resolved that we ask for a war- 
rant to establish a Chapter Rose Croix in this place named 
Palestine Chapter Rose Croix No. 1, with the request that 
the following named Brethren be appointed to the three 
principal offices, as follows: 

N. W. Hunter, 1st Office 

G. M. Dilley, 2nd Office 

W. K. Bixby, 3rd Office 
Members J. E. Wilson 

W. S. Bryant 

G. J. Gooch 

C. A. Sterne 

E. M. French 

A. R. Howard 
W. A. Hensley 
S. P. Allen 

B. B. Richardson 

and would be pleased if you would come up and set us 
to work, giving me two weeks notice as Brother Dilley 
is entitled to, though has not yet received the Degrees 
from the 15th to the 32d and wishes them communicated 
±0 him at this place at that time. 



144 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Assuring you of my high regard and joined in this 
by Brother Gooch, I as well as he, remain, 

Yours Fraternally, 

N. W. Hunter, 32°, 

S. P. R. S. 

TO THE GLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF 
THE UNIVERSE. 

Or of Palestine, Texas, 
March 29th, 1880, V. E. 
To: 

Brother Philip C. Tucker, 33° 

Inspector General Active Member of 
Supreme Council in Texas, 
Galveston, Texas. 
Sir: 

Pursuant to the authority granted by Warrent of date 
First January, 1880, V. E., on the 28th day of March, 1880 
(Easter Sunday), in the City of Palestine, Texas, I con- 
gregated together Brothers N. W. Hunter, 32°, W. K. 
Bixby, 32°, J. E. Wilson, 32°, C. A. Sterne, 32°, W. S. 
Bryant, 32°, A. R. Howard, 32°, and E. M. French, 32°, 
and duly and constitution 3 lly opened, organized and institut- 
ed Palestine Rose Croix Chapter No. 1, according to the 
ancient customs and usages, and in obedience to the orders 
did require all to partake of the Mystic Feast and relight 
the Lights in manner and form as prescribed by the Su- 
preme Council. 

Faithfully vours, 
(Signed) N. W. Hunter, 32°. 

Wise Master of Palestine Rose Croix No. 1. 

By Inspector Tucker, 

Letters of Constitution issued from March, 1879, to 
September 1st, 1880. 
1879, Januarij 11 : 

For Palestine Lodge of Perfection No. 4, Pales- 
tine, Texas, i^ mount charge temporary letters 
which was included in draft sent Grand Treas- 
urer, June 13th, 1879, $10.00. 
1880 January 1 : 

For Palestine Chapter No. 1, same place. No 
fees received. 

Galveston, Nov. 15, 1879. 
Received of B. B. Richardson, three hundred and eighty- 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 145 



five dollars, being in full of account rendered me this day 
for work done at Palestine, Texas. Three Patents and two 
Copies Dogmas and Morals. 

Albert Pike, 33° 
Sov. Grand Commander. 

THE FOLLOWING IS COPIED FROM THE OFFICIAL 
BULLETIN NO. 5. 

Demised Bodies, Fort Worth. 

The Fort Worth Lodge of Perfection was established 
by Philip C. Tucker, November 9th, 1881, official Bulletin 
No. 1, Book 5, page 471, reads as follows: 

Orient of Washington, February 5, 1883. 
By the Grand Commander the following acts are hereby 
officially announced, on the 12th day of October, 1882, 
at Fort Worth, Texas, were inaugurated and their officers 
installed by Brother Joseph Knight Ashby, 32°, Deputy 
for Northwestern Texas of the Inspector General, Philip 
C. Tucker in Texas, the Bodies here-in-after named that 
is to say, S. W. Lomax Chapter No. 3 of the Rose Croix, 
with officers as follows: 

Wise Master, Spotwood Welford Lomax, 32°, 
Senior Warden, Sidney Martin, 32°, 
Junior Warden, John Peter Smith, 32° 
Orator, Ashbel Green McClung, 18°, 
Almoner, Henry Clay Johnson, 32°, 

(Only one of the above is living at this time) 

Sidney Martin Council of Kadosh No. 3, with officers 
as follows : 

Preceptor, Sidney Martin, 32°, 

First Sub-Preceptor, Julian T. Fields, 32°, 

Second Sub-Preceptor, James Duff Reed, 32°, 

Chancellor, John Henry Robson, 32°, 

Orator, John P. Smith, 32°, 

Almoner, Spotwood Welford Lomax, 32°, 

Treasurer, Joseph Knight Ashby, 32°, 

(Only one of the above is living ?.t this date) 
Letters Perpetual of Constitution were granted the above 
bodies October, 1884. 

LODGE OF PERFECTION. 
TO THE ^LORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF 

THE UNIVERSE: 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 



146 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Council at Charleston, South Carolina, the members of the 
Worshipful Lodge of St. John, regularly chartered under 
the distinctive title of Worth, having met in a secure and 
v^ell tiled place, where Peace, Concord and Charity reigned 

at the Orient of Texas on the day of the Hebrew 

Month called of the year of the world 5642, of the 

year of the True Light 5881, corresponding to the 16th 
day of December, 1881. 

The Gavel of direction is held in the East by Brother 
S. W. Lomax, Venerable Master in office, the Brothers 
McClung and Hogsett sit in the West at the head of their 
respective columns; the Brother J. P. Smith occupies the 
Seat of Orator and the Brother Sidney Martin, secretary 
Pro Tem keeps the minutes of the work. 

At high noon the labors are opened in the Degree of 
Perfection, this being a special meeting for instruction 
and that being the only business that could be considered 
legally at this meeting, the lodge was closed in due form. 

The above is an exact copy, as appear on the Book of 
Records, there being no signature of certification. 

TO THE OLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF 
THE UNIVERSE: 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council at Charleston, South Carolina, the members of the 
Worshipful Lodge of St. John, regularly chartered under 
the distinctive title of Worth, having met in a secure and 
well tiled place, where Peace, Concord and Charity reigned 

at the Orient of Ft. Worth, on the day of the Hebrew 

Month called of the year of the world 5642, of the 

year of the True Light 5881, corresponding to the 21st 
day of December, 1881 V. E. 

The Gavel of direction is held in the East by Brother 
S. W. Lomax, Venerable Master in office, the Brothers 
McClung and Hogsett, sit in the West at the head of their 
respective Columns, the Brother J. P. Smith occupies the 
seat of Orator and the Brother J. G. Williams, Secretary, 
keeps the minutes of the work. 

At high noon the labors are opened in the Degree of 
Perfection, it was ordered that a committee of three be 
appointed on by-Laws, said Committee to report at once, 
the Brothers A. G. McClung, J. Y. Hogsett and Sidney 
Martin were appointed as such committee and at once 
made their report which vras received and the committee 
ordered discharged. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 147 



The By-Laws as reported were then taken up by sections 
and adopted. 

It was then ordered that the Secretary procure suitable 
Desk for the use of the Lodge. 

Several petitions were presented and referred to com- 
mittees, there being no further business the Lodge was 
closed in due form. 

RECEIPTS: 

H. C. Johnson J. D. Reed. -30.00 

Z. J. Anderson J. T. Field 10.00 

H. H. Campbell S. W. Lomax 10.00 

Attest : 

J. G. Williams, Secretary, S. W. Lomax, 32' 

Venerable Master. 

While this is rather incomiplete, it is' a correct copy of 
the Records as the author finds them, the last meeting of 
this lodge appears on the book of records March 13, 1886. 
To the Brethren of Worth Lodge of Perfection: 

My Dear Brethren: Realizing that it is the duty of a 
Lodge Master always to be within call of the Lodge and 
being the incumbent of a business position which necessi- 
tates my absence from Fort Worth almost continually, I 
beg most regretfully to tender to you my resignation as 
Venerable Master, I cannot do so however without ex- 
pressing my hearty thanks for the Fraternal kindness 
which has always characterized your conduct towards me 
and to wish our beloved Lodge and the Holy Rite in its 
keeping a most prosperous and useful future. 
Fraternally Yours, 

S. W. Lomax, 33° Hon. 
January 22, 1886. 

ROSE CROIX CHAPTER NO. 3. 
TO THE GLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF 
THE UNIVERSE: 

In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council, "Mother Council of the World," whose See is at 
Charleston under the distinctive title of S. W. Lomax, 
of the Worshipful Chapter of Rose Croix No. 3. regularly 
Chartered under the distinctive title of S. W. Lom.gx, 
having met in a secure and well tiled place, where F^ith, 
Hope and Charity reigned at' the Orient of Fort Worth 
on the 28th day of the Hebrew Month called Khesvan, of 
the year of the world 5643, of the year of the True Light 



148 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



5882, corresponding with November 11th day of common 
Era 1882. 

The Gavel of Direction is held in the East by Brother 
S. W. Lomax, the Brothers Sidney Martin and J. P. Smith 
sit in the West at the head of their respective Columns, 
the Brother A. G. McClung occupies the seat of Orator 
and Brother J. D. Williams keeps the minutes of the work. 
At high noon the labors are resumed in the Degree of 
Prince Rose Croix. 

The Deputy Inspector General J. K. Ashby thereupon 
instituted and duly installed the officers of this Chapter, 
to- wit : 

S. W. Lomax, Wise Master 

Sidney Martin, Senior Warden 

J. P. Smith, Junior Warden 

A. G. McClung, Orator 

H. C. Johnson, Almoner 

A. M. Britton, Treasurer 

J. G. Williams, Secretary 

J. K. Ashby, Master of Ceremonies 

J. T. Field, First Expert 

Z. J. Anderson, Second Expert 

J. D. Reed, Standard Bearer 

J. M. Barr, Guard of the Temple 

S. Rosenfield, Tiler 
It was ordered that the regular meeting of this Chapter 
should be held on the third Saturday of each Month. 

There being no further business, the Chapter was called 
from Labor to Refreshment. 

Attest : 

J. G. Williams, 18°, 

Secretary. 

S. W. Lomax,32°, W. M. 
This is a correct copy of the first minutes, the last 
meeting as appears on the book of records was held Feb- 
ruary 23, 1884. 

Copy of Petition Praying for Consistory in Fort Worth, 

Texas. 

Orient of Fort Worth, Texas, 1884. 

To Phib'p C. Tucker, 33°, — 

Inspector General. 
The undersigned being desirous of forming a Particular 
Consistory A. & A. S. Rite, respectfully petitions you to 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 149 

so constitute them, if this application be approved by 

the Supreme Council. 

J. K. Ashby, 32° Thomas M. Barr, 32° 

Sidney Martin, 32° J. J. Hittson, 32° 

Simon Rosenfield, 32° John C. McCoy, 32° 

J. T. Field, 32° Henry Clay Johnson, 32° 

R. E. McAnulty, 32° J. D. Reed, 32° 

J. P. Smith, 32° A. M. Britton, 32° 

S. W. Lomax, 32° H. H. Campbell, 32° 

Fort Worth Consistory No. 1, Fort Worth, Texas, was 
inaugurated and officers installed July 24th, 1885, as 
follows : 

OFFICERS. 

H. C. Johnson, 32°, Master -of Kadosh 
J. T. Field, 32°, Prior 
J. D. Reed, 32°, Preceptor 
J. J. Hittson, 32°, Chancellor 
H. H. Campbell, 32°, Orator 
■ T. M. Barr, 32°, Hospitaller 
Sidney Martin, 32°, Registrar 
A. M. Britton, 32°, Treasurer 
J. H. Johnson, 32°, Prelate 
J. K. Ashby, 33° Hon., M. of C. 
John C. McCoy, 32°, 1st Expert 
C. A. Hotchkiss, 32°, 2nd Expert 
S. W. Lomax, 32°, Cap. Guard 

(Only two of above now living) 

CHARTER MEMBERS. 

J. K. Ashby S. Rosenfield S. W. Lomax 

J. P. Smith A. M. Britton J. T. Field 

J. D. Reed R. E. McAnulty H. H. Campbell 

S. Martin H. C. Johnson T. M. Barr 

G. T. Todd A. R. L^'pstate J. C. McCoy 

J. H. Parsons J. J. Hittson E. W. Taylor 
(Only one above now living.) 

Copy of letter dated Fort Worth, Texas, September 
24th, 1882, to Philip C. Tucker, reads as follows: 

"The amount of the fees goes forward to the Secretary 
General by draft on New York by Bro. Lomax, one hun- 
dred and fifty-five dollars, as follows: 



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Particular Consistory $ 75.00 

Council Kadosh 50.00 

Chapter Rose Croix 30.00 



$155.00 
(Signed) J. K. Ashby, 32°, K.C.C.H. 

Deputy Inspector." 

Another letter from same party dated Fort Worth, 
October 3rd, 1882. "Enclosed please find exchange pay- 
able to Fred Webber for the following sums: 

For Charter Rose Croix.... ..$ 97.00 

For Council Kadosh 128.00 

For Particular Consistory.... 222.50 



$447.50 
(Signed) J. K. Ashby, 32°, K.C.C.H. 

Deputy Inspector." 

The following is an extract from a Masonic Journal: 

The inauguration of Fort Worth Consistory and installa- 
tion of its officers, of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish 
Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the 
United States, on January 24th, 1885, at the Orient of 
Fort Worth, Texas, was perfected by Philip C. Tucker, 33°, 
Grand Prior, and active member for Texas, as Grand 
Commander; Charles Ogden Bingham 32°, as First Lieut. 
Grand Commander; John McDonald, 32°, as Second Lieut. 
Grand Commander; Henry A. Smith, 32°, as Grand Chan- 
cellor; Geo. A. Gibbons, 32°, Grand Constable; Joseph 
Knight Ashby, 33° Hon. and Grand Cross Court of Honor, 
as Grand Master of Ceremonies. 

The ceremonies of inauguration are the most impressive 
and solemn it has ever been our good fortune to witness, 
and of such dignity as to cause us to reflect and feel how 
little man is in this world, even as a grain of sand on 
the sea shore, and that he has great things to do before he 
can fit himself in spirit and fact to be a dweller in the 
Holy House of the Temple Consecrated to Faith, Hope, 
Charity, Loving Kindness and Toleration. After the instal- 
lation the Brethren and visitors partook of a sumptuous 
banquet prepared for the special occasion. The remin- 
iscences of Bros. Tucker, McCoy and Smith, of old-time 
Masonry, thirty-five years ago, was the most interesting 
of the many pleasant things that come off during the 
evening. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 151 



The author finds in the archives of Bro. PhiHp C. 
Tucker, ^3°, a letter written by Bro. J. K. Ashby, 33° Hon., 
Deputy Inspector, Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 2nd, 1890; 
Extract as follows: 

*'Our Masonic Hall was burned up and a total loss; all 
of the Blue Lodge and Chapter furniture and regalia, 
six Scottish Rite uniforms, all of our Charters, Lodge of 
Perfection, Chapter of Rose Croix Council of Kadosh and 
Consistory, with some of our outfit; the insurance amount- 
ed to $6,500.00 on everything. The Lodge of Perfection 
called off until the second Friday in October. There is 
work here and I hope it will be done in the Lodge of Per- 
fection." 

The author has searched diligently for data pertaining 
to the Fort Worth Bodies, but owing to the fire above 
mentioned, the loss of most of the records, charters, etc., 
with the exception of one or two of the original members, 
all being dead, it is a difficult matter to obtain sufficient 
data to write a more complete and intelligent history; a 
great deal of the correspondence between the Insp. Gen. 
and his Deputy, at Fort Worth, pertaining to the Bodies 
in question, are such that they will not permit of publi- 
cation. In 1890 the Province of Tarrant County and all 
west to the Rio Grande was officially turned over to the 
author, as the following letter explains: 

Orient of Galveston, December 16, 1890. 
To Bro. Inspector General Honorary 33° 
Charles Albert Hotchkiss, 

Deputy Inspector General, 
Dallas, Texas. 
Dear Bro. Hotchkiss: 

Our Bro. Joseph K. Ashby, 33°, Grand Cross, late my 
Deputy Inspector General in Texas, assigned to duty in 
the Masonic Province of North Western Texas, has re- 
signed his position. You will please visit him at Fort 
Worth and receive from him all property of the Supreme 
Council 33° in his possession as mxy Deputy or otherwise; 
also such books as he has belonging to me. You will also 
take actual possession in the name of the Supreme Council 
of all property belonging to Fort Worth Consistory, 
Extinct; Sidney Martin Council of Kadosh No. 3 Extinct; 
and of S. W. Lomax Chapter of Rose Croix No. 3, Extinct ; 
and place them in safe keeping subject to my order. This 
includes Charter records, letters, books and paraphernalia 
of every kind. They have all been forfeited to the Supreme 



152 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Council by non-use, but the object is to preserve for the 
future use of Bodies of the Rite hereafter to tfe either 
estabhshed or re-established in Fort Worth according to 
the laws of the Rite. 

Fort Worth Lodge of Perfection is about to be revived 
and set at work. Its papers are ready for it. You will see 
that it has its own property in its possession, and will 
have to make it custodian of such property of the Extinct 
Bodies as it may desire. You will see to it that the things 
in possession of the Order called the Mystic Shrine be- 
longing to any of the Bodies of the Rite at Fort Worth 
be recovered without delay and if found belonging to Fort 
Worth Lodge of Perfection No. 3, restore them to it, re- 
minding them that while the Body was dormant the Su- 
preme Council W2S in law, the power to exercise the power 
to control them ; that loaning Masonic property to another 
Order is such a violation of propriety as to warrant trial 
and punishment as for a breach of trust and violation 
of their vows and deserves to be invited upon the persons 
so acting by expulsion. Of course you will execute proper 
receipts for matters received. 

Until further orders, you will please consider yourself 
in charge of all valuables of the Rite in Tarrant and 
adjoining Counties in such Province and act accordingly. 

Courteously, 
(Signed) Philip C. Tucker, 33°, 

S. G. L G., an Active Member of 
the Supreme Council. 

DEI OPTIMI MAXIMI UNIVERSITATIS RERUM 

FONTIS ac ORIGINIS ad GLORIAM. 

IN DEO FIDUCIA NOSTRA. 

Orient of Fort Worth in the State of Texas, 
the Seventh day of the Hebrew Month Shebat 
A. M., 5645, the 24th day of January, 1885, V. E. 

Bro. Philip Crosby Tucker, 33°, Grand Prior and Inspec- 
tor General of the Supreme Council (Mother Council of 
the World), of the Inspectors-General, Knight Commanders 
of the House of the Temple of Solomon, of the 33d Degree 
of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free-Ma- 
sonry, for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States 
of America, unto all whom it may concern. 

Know ye that the Masters of the Royal Secret of the 
32d Degree of the Rite aforesaid, Joseph Knight Ashby, 
33°, Julius Rosenfield, 32°, Spotswood Welford Lomax, 33°, 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 153 



Alfred M. Britton, 32°, John Peter Smith, 32% Julian T. 
Field, 32°, James D. Reed, 32°, Richard McAnulty, 32°, 
H. H. Campbell, 32°, Sidney Martin, 33° Hon., Henry C. 
Johnson, 32°, J. J. Hitson, 32°, T. M. Barr, 32°, George 
T. Todd, 32°, John C. McCoy, 32°, J. H. Parsons, 32°, 
J. H. Robinson, 32°, A. R. Lipstate, 32°, E. W. Taylor, 32°, 
residing in or near the said City of Fort Worth, having 
in due form preferred their prayer to be contsituted a 
Consistory of that Degree thereat, and for the inaugura- 
tion of such Consistory, by the name and title of Fort 
Worth Consistory No. 3, of the State of Texas, and for 
the instsllation of the officers thereof; and everything 
in that behalf required by the Statutes having been done 
and consented to by them, and the Brethren hereinafter 
named having been duly elected and appointed respectively 
to be officers: 

Therefore, I, the said Grand Prior and Inspector Gen- 
eral, have on this day proceeded to constitute, and have 
constituted and inaugurated the said Consistory composed 
of the Brethren and Masters aforesaid, in ample form, 
and it is now established to be known as aforesaid, and 
to sit and work at the Orient aforesaid ; and I have there- 
upon installed in office the Brethren elected and appointed, 
the former to serve from this time forward, until the end 

of the full term of years from and after the 3rd 

day of Adar 5645, answering to the 18th day of February, 
1885 V. E., and until their successors shall be elected and 
installed, and the latter to serve during the pleasure 
of the Master of the Kadosh, that is to say: 

In the office of Master of the Kadosh, the Bro. H. C. 
Johnson, 32° ; in that of Bro. Prior of the Kadosh, the 
Bro. J. T. Field, 32°; in that of Bro. Preceptor of the 
Kadosh, the Bro. J. D. Reed, 32° ; in that of Bro. Orator, 
the Bro. H. H. Campbell, 32° ; in that of Bro. Hospitaller, 
the Bro. T. M. Barr, 32°; in that of Bro. Registrar, the 
Bro. S. Martin, 33° ; in that of Bro. Treasurer, the Bro. 
A. M. Britton, 32° ; in that of Prelate, the Bro. J. H. Rob- 
inson, 32°; in that of M. of C, the Bro. J. K. Ashby, 33°, 
Hon.; in that of 1st Expert, the Bro. J. C. McCoy, 32°; 
in that or 2nd Expert, the Bro. C. A. Hotchkiss, 32° ; and 
in that of Capt. Guard, the Bro. S. W. Lomax, 33°, Hon.; 
Sentinel, H. J. Roe, 32°. 

And the said Brethren having taken the vows of alle- 
giance and of office, and having been duly charged, and 
assumed their stations and places, I do hereby declare 
and proclaim that Fort Worth Consistory No. 3, aforesaid, 



154 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

is duly constituted and inaugurated, and its officers in- 
stalled, and its works duly opened by me and in full 
vigour. May it have prosperity and continuance ! 

In perpetual testimony whereof, I do now here- 
unto set my hand and affix the seal of my arms 
of office, at the Or. aforesaid, the day and year 
aforesaid. 
(Signed) PHILIP CROSBY TUCKER, 33° 

Inspector General; An active member 
of said S. Council in Texas, and 
Grand Prior S. C. of 33°. 
(This Consistory should have been No. 2.) 

C. A. -H. 
There have been only two Deputies of the Supreme 
Council during the life of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas. 

DEPUTIES OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL. 

Philip Crosby Tucker, 33°, was commissioned Deputy 
Inspector General for the Supreme Council with ample 
powers for the State of Texas, by the Venerable Grand 
Commander Albert Pike, 33°, February 13, 1867, which 
official position he held until he was elected a 33° Hon. 
at Charleston, South Carolina, May, 1868, and crowned 
an active member of the Supreme Council September, 1868, 
at Saint Louis, Mo. 

Samuel Poyntz Cochran, 33° Hon., was commissioned 
Deputy of the Supreme Council with ample powers for 
the State of Texas, by the Venearble Grand Commander 
James D. Richardson, 33°, June 9, 1911, which official 
position he held until October 21st, 1911, when he was 
elected an active member of the Supreme Council and 
Soveerign Grand Inspector General in Texas. 

INSPECTORS GENERAL HONORARY. 

"1861" 
Nathan Hammett Gould San Antonio 

"1868" 
Tucker, Philip C Galveston 

"1878" 
Richardson, B. B Galveston 

"1879" 
Yard, Nahor B Galveston 

"1883" 

Openheimer, Louis M Calvert 

Morse, Charles S .Austin 




Jewel of the 33d Degree. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 155 

Ashby, Joseph K Fort Worth 

Goldman, Adolph Austin 

Martin, Sidney Fort Worth 

Lomax, S. W Fort Worth 

Chamberlin, Austin B Sabine Pass 

"1888" 
Webster, E. C - Alvin 

"1890" 
Hotchkiss, Charles A. Dallas 

"1895" 

Hunter, Craig , .Temple 

Villasana, Francis De Paula Galveston 

Gilbough, Fred M Galveston 

Hamilton, B. O: Galveston 

"1897" 

Morehead, Charles R El Paso 

Bowerfind, Chas. F Galveston 

Brown, Charles R Galveston 

Carleton, Henry L .Austin 

Hall, W. E Temple 

Hudson, Frank B Galveston 

Scrimgeour, Wm Galveston 

Wilson, Jno. S Houston 

"1899" 

Donnelly, Edward S Dallas 

Kidd, George W Houston 

Pitkin, E. C Galveston 

Pew, Edwin C El Paso 

"1901" 

Davis, James J Galveston 

Kahn, Charles Dallas 

Clifford, Charles G Galveston 

Dealey, Tom Galveston 

"1903" 

Carson, W. H Pittsburg 

Cochran, Sam P Dallas 

Gill, Charles W Galveston 

Miller, Frank H Galveston 

Saunders, James Orange 



156 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



''1905'^ 

Hammond, R. S. C ...Trinity 

Hartrick, Edwin M Galveston 

McCullough, Wm. H.. ...El Paso 

Neff, E. W. S... El Paso 

"1907" 

Bell, Wm. G ...Austin 

Croft, Thomas G Galveston 

Junker, Guy W Beaumont 

Shafer, Albert Galveston 

Donovan, Walter D Dallas 

Thomas, Mike H Dallas 

Keppler, Charles E Galveston 

Taub, Max Houston 

"1909" 

Alderman, Charles L.. -Big Springs 

Howerth, Jno. W..... DHllas 

Lane, Alvin V :.. Dallas 

Irelson, Ben ..Dallas 

Ormsbee, James J El Paso 

Dealey, George B Dallas 

Jones, Frank C ....Houston 

Lockhart, Wm. B.... Galveston 

Seinsheimer, Joseph.. ...Galveston 

Walden, Charles E Beaumont 

Blaylock, Louis Dallas 

"1911" 

Curtis, Wvcliff K .....Midland 

Mitchell, John C... .Galveston 

Renfro, Elmer. Fort Worth 

Stephens, J. L -. ...Dallas 

Sterzing, Fred. Austin 

Thompson, Saml. A ..Fort Davis 

Garrett, Alexander C Dallas 

Fry, Ed. J ...Marshall 

"1913" 

Andrews, Alexander E Galveston 

Blackstone, John K.. Dallas 

Donnan, John K. Austin 

Heller, Ed. S..... ...El Paso 

Kahn, Emanuel M Dallas 

Kidd, John C Houston 

Lang, George .Dallas 

McFarlane, Charles W. Orange 




Jewel of a lOiight Commander. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 157 



"1913" 

McLeod, Duncan W.. Galveston 

Meyer, Harry Baird 

Mothner, Ralph M Beaumont 

Reardon, Ed. M Dallas 

Stuart, Frances B El Paso 

Temple, Walter C Dallas 

Zurn, Jacob .Fort Worth 

VanderHoeven, T. T ..San Atnonio 

"1915" 

Benson, Joseph Henry Galveston 

Crane, Alexander Galveston 

Kidd, George Washington ...Beaumont 

Bryan, Edward Ruthven Midland 

Cox, Leonard June ....Houston 

Taub, Otto. Houston 

Criswell, Howard Brady.. ..Dallas 

Eberle, Eugene Gustave Dallas 

Fechheimer, ^Yil^^^^^ Max..... Dallas 

Green, Herbert Miller Dallas 

Hanley, Samuel Dellar ....Dallas 

Spellman, John Martin Dallas 

Sanger, Alexander.... ..Dallas 

McMurray, DeWitt Dallas 

Fly, William Seat..... San Antonio 

Washer, Nathan Moses ..San Antonio 

Patterson, James Augustus San Antonio 

Lightfoot, Jewel Preston ....:... Austin 

Miller, Felix Perryman .El Paso 

Stockwell, William Merrick El Paso 

Newby, William Garland.. Fort Worth 

"KNIGHT COMMANDER COURT OF HONOR." 

Elected May, 1872. 

Yard Nahor Biggs... .Galveston 

Austin, W. T ..Houston 

Mellersh, George.... ......Dallas 

1878 
Richardson, B. B Galveston 

1879 
LeCompt, Benjamin .:. Galveston 

1881 
Openheimer, L. M Calvert 



158 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

1882 

Goldman, Adolph Austin 

Ashby, Joseph K. Fort Worth 

Lomax, Spotswood W .....Fort Worth 

Cycoski, Adolph F. Galveston 

Carleton, Henry L Austin 

Disbrow, Benjamin Galveston 

Martin, Sidney Fort Worth 

1884 

Chamberlin, Austin B..... Sabine Pass 

Sullivan, James S : Richmond 

McDonald, John Austin 

Moore, S. D Houston 

Patrick, Charles B..... El Paso 

Querouze, P. L Houston 

Sherffius, Henry Houston 

Brewster, Robert. Houston 

Andrews, Wm. M. Galveston 

Scrimgeour, Wm Galveston 

Murrah, Thomas. ' Austin 

Villansana, Francis DePaula New Orleans La. 

1886 

McCoy, John C Dallas 

Webster, Edwin Catlin Alvin 

1888 

Gilpin, Henry A Collins 

Hamilton, Benjamin Galveston 

Harrah, Frank D Galveston 

Conradi, Simon Galveston 

Hotchkiss, C. A.. Dallas 

Rosenfield, Simon Galveston 

1892 

Hickox, Milton H. Dallas 

Starke, Homan ...Dallas 

Pitkin, Edward C Galveston 

Gilbough, Fred M Galveston 

1893 

Hunter, Craig Temple 

Shumate, Wm. L..., ..Galveston 

1895 

Brown, Charles R. Galveston 

Hudson, Frank B .Galveston 

Bowerfind, Charles F ....Galveston 

Wilson, John S. Houston 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 159 

1895 

McElroy, Wm. H Houston 

Morehead, Charles R El Paso 

Miller, Jo Zack ...Belton 

Holland, Charles L Temple 

Hall, Wm. E., .Temple 

Hubert, I. Thomas Eagle Pass 

1897 

Chfford, Charles G Galveston 

Schneider, Louis Galveston 

Miller, Frank H Galveston 

Hartrick, Ed M.. Galveston 

Jefferson, Wm. E Temple 

Dodge, Clarence P.. Temple 

James, John.... : .....Temple 

Grammer, Nathaniel E. Fort Worth 

Kidd, George W Houston 

Kidd, W. N.. .Houston 

Pew, Ed C El Pbso 

Donnelly, Ed. S. ...Dallas 

1899 

Dealey, Thomas W .Galveston 

Neill, Charles F..... .....Galveston 

Gill, Charles W.. Galveston 

Wheeler, Christopher Galveston 

Campbell, Robert F Temple 

Taub, Max.... .....Houston 

Kahn, Charles. Dallas 

Davis, James J ...Galveston 

Julian, John J El Paso 

Meyer, Harry.. ....Baird 

1901 

Neff, Edward W. S ......El Paso 

Saunders, James .Orange 

Newell, George W .El Paso 

Cochran, Sam P Dallas 

Carson, Wm. H Pittsburg 

Croft, Thomas J Galveston 

Smith, Phil S. Galveston 

MacGregor, Donald J Galveston 

Nolan, Hugh A Austin 

1903 

Bell, Wm. G Austin 

Hammond, R. S. C Trinity 

Hoskins, W. S Houston 



160 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



1903 

Harrison, Hyman H Palestine 

Keppler, Charles E Orange 

Lindh, Richard H.. : Galveston 

McCullough, Wm. H ..Houston 

Nogueria, Andrew De Val. Dallas 

Shafer, Albert.. Galveston 

Spellman, John M Dallas 

1905 

Lockhart, Wm. B Galveston 

Mott, Marcus F Galveston 

Cole, Frederick C. .....Dallas 

Seinsheimer, Joseph. Galveston 

Thomas, Mike H... Dallas 

Schnelle, Henry G.. Dallas 

Howerth, John W .Dallas 

Donovan, Walter. ..Dallas 

Gibbons, Geo. A Houston 

Junker, Guy W..... ....Beaumont 

Parker, James W.. Orange 

Booth, Freeman I.. Booth 

Sterzing, Fred Austin 

Heil, Leonard A San Antonio 

Kidd, George W... Beaumont 

1907 

Alderman, Charles L Big Springs 

Blavlock, Louis Dallas 

Dealey, Geo B .....Dallas 

Fry E. J Marshall 

Hunt, Thos. M Dallas 

Jones, Frank C .Houston 

Mitchell. Alexander L Orange 

Quicksall, Benjamin..... Dallas 

Stephens, John L Dallas 

Taub, Otto Houston 

Walden, Charles E. Beaumont 

Andrews, Alevander E Galveston 

Cox, Ebin S Galveston 

Eustice, W. J.. El Paso 

Hixson, Wm. T El Paso 

Irelson, Ben Dallas 

Lane, Alvin V - Dallas 

Ormsbee, James J El Paso 

Riedrich, Otto C... ..Galveston 

Stubbs, James B._... ...Galveston 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 161 



1907 

Thompson, Sam'l A Fort Davis 

Mitchell, John E..... Galveston 

1909 

Cheesman, Alford W Shreveport, 

Botto, Louis T Dallas 

Cox, Leonard J .Houston 

Curtis, Wycliff C. Midland 

Donnan, John K.... Austin 

Downs, Loyd S Waco 

Eberle, Eugene B Dallas 

McEarlane, Chas. W Orange 

Fisher, Lewis Galveston 

Garrett, Alexander C - Dallas 

Kahn, Emanuel M - .- Dallas 

Kidd, John C Houston 

Lang, George .....Dallas 

McLeod, Duncan W.. - Galveston 

Lewis, Colonel. El Paso 

Mothner, Ralph M. .....Beaumont 

Murray, Richard J Galveston 

Renfro, Elmer Fort Worth 

Stewart, John S. Houston 

VanderHoeven, Thos. T ...San Antonio 

Zurn, Jacob F ...Fort Worth 

1911 

Benson, Joe H... Galveston 

Blackstone, J. K .Dallas 

Bolton, John H San Antonio 

Crane, Alexander.... Galveston 

Davies, Morgan G Orange 

Franklin, Wm. G. Austin 

McMurray, DeWitt Dallas 

Mason, John D El Paso 

Redan, Harry ..Houston 

Vann, Andral Houston 

Smith, Emory H Fort Worth 

Stewart, F. B El Paso 

Temple, Walter C..... ...Dallas 

Heller, Ed S. El Paso 

Reardon, Ed M... Dallas 

Mackin, Frank Galveston 

1913 

Bahn, Gustavas A Austin 

Baldwin, Jacob C... Houston 



162 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



1913 

Branch, Charles W Galveston 

Brown, Charles B Fort Worth 

Bryan, Edward R.. Midland 

Burkey, Fred J .Houston 

Criswell, Howard B... Dallas 

Fechheimer, Wilfred M Dallas 

Fly, W. S - .....San Antonio 

Foster, James W.. Galveston 

Green, Herbert M... Dallas 

Hanley, Sam'l D.. ...Dallas 

Lightfoot, Jewell P Austin 

Lister, Sydney M ....Houston 

Miller, Felix P El Paso 

Newby, Wm. G Fort Worth 

Patterson, James A .....San Antonio 

Quick, Judson T Dallas 

Reister, Charles S ...Orange 

Sanger, Alex ..Dallas 

Smith, Herbert W. Temple 

Sparrow, Francis H Fort Worth 

Stockwell, Wm. M .El Paso 

Stoddard, Henry B Bryan 

Tidd, Wm. W... .Galveston 

Washer, Nathan M San Antonio 

Watkins, Wm ..Tucumcari, N. M. 

Withers, James E.. Beaumont 

1915 

Atkinson, Joseph J. Austin 

Hancock, Allen E Austin 

McClendon, James W Austin 

Muenster, Joe H .' Austin 

Pace, D. C Austin 

Reed, Malcolm H Austin 

Silver, Moritz Austin 

Wroe, Hiram A Austin 

Young, Wilberforce H Austin 

McDaniel, Alfred C .....San Antonio 

Mathis, Putt D San Antonio 

Newton, Frank R San Antonio 

Newton, Wallace H San Antonio 

Ball, Robert L San Antonio 

Gould, Stephen ..San Antonio 

Haile, John H San Antonio 

Harris, Samuel L ...San Antonio 

Keeran, Claude A........ San Antonio 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 163 



1915 

McKee, Walter C. W ..-■ Fort Worth 

Connerly, Charles W Fort Worth 

James, William... ,...Fort Worth 

MacCallum, Archibald W Gialveston 

Stewart, William P... Galveston 

Jones, Joseph S .-. Galveston 

Weis, Leopold Galveston 

Dickson, James W.. Galveston 

Boyce, William Ward : ....Runge 

Blair, Wiley Wichita Falls 

Davis, Charles W ...Dallas 

Doolittle, William A.. ..Dallas 

Frew, Athol L Dallas 

Kimbrough, Wm. C ....Dallas 

Rawlins, William •— .- ...Dallas 

Smith, Colby E.. .....Dallas 

Smith, John C....' Dallas 

Terrell, John L..... Dallas 

Thomas, DeWitt S... Dallas 

Thomas, Joseph P - Dallas 

Tiche, Edward Dallas 

Woods, Charles F Dallas 

Kahn, Maurice C ..Houston 

Mayer, Louis Beaumont 

Triplett, Henry F.... .....Beaumont 

Mercer, William H.... ....Mineral Wells 

Miles, William Orange 

Jatho, Armin F ..Beaumont 

White, Scott C. .El Paso 

McClelland, John D Houston 

Belk, Norman .Lufkin 

Hewett, James I El Paso 

Love, Jerome D ...El Paso 

Stapleton, George Amarillo 



164 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

GRAND CROSS COURT OF HONOR 

"1884" 
Ashbey, Joseph Knight, 33° Honorary, 
of 
Fort Worth, Texas. 

GRAND CROSS COURT OF HONOR. 

Bro. Joseph Knight Ashby, 32°, of Fort Worth, Texas, 
was introduced and addressed by the Grand Commander 
as follows: 

For extraordinary services rendered by you to the 
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in the State of Texas, 
in aid of the Inspectors-General of that State, whereby 
the order hath gained increase and profit, the Supreme 
Council has, with unanimity, considered that you have 
fairly and honorably earned the right to the dignity, and 
decoration of Grand Cross of the Court of Honor, which 
we cannot confer upon more than three Knights-Com- 
manders at any one session, which we have at only one 
session conferred upon two, and at some upon none. 

We regard it as the highest honor that we can confer, 
when it is conferred upon a Master of the Royal Secret. 
We who, are members of the Supreme Council, Emeriti, 
Active and Honorary, wear the honorary title of Grand 
Cross ; but to make one of ourselves equal in honor to 
the Masters of the Royal Secret who wear the decoration, 
he would have to render such signal and extraordinary 
service to the Rite, and show such devotion, not only to 
the welfare of the Order, but also to the cause of suffer- 
ing humanity, as won for our Bro. Abraham Ephraim 
Frankland, Active Member afterwards of the Supreme 
Council, but then an Honorary Member, that even higher 
dignity, for risking his life a hundred times and more 
in Memphis and among the poor, prostrated by yellow 
fever, thereby losing his only son. 

You have deserved well of the Order, working for it 
zealously in health and sickness, and are entitled, in the 
judgment of the Supreme Council, to wear the laurel. In 
its behalf I invest you with the dignity of Grand Cross, 
and I present you with the Jewel of your rank, with 
which the Grand Constable will now decorate you. 

Bro. Ashby was conducted to the East and placed on 
the left of the Garnd Chancellor, and in a most feeling 
manner thanked the Supreme Council for the great honor 



'^^^g^ ^^ 




Jewel of a Grand Cross. 




Joseph Knight Ashby, 33° Hon., and Grand Cross linight. 



\ 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 165 



conferred on him. (See proceedings Supreme Council, Oc- 
tober 1884.) Bro Ashby is the only one on whom this 
honor has been conferred in Texas. 

"EXTRACT FROM BRO. TUCKER'S REPORT." 

'*Bro. J. K. Ashby, our Deputy for Northern Texas, 
although sick for more than seven months, absent from 
the State for at least four months in Missouri and Ar- 
kansas, and unable to walk most of the time, has won 
the chaplet of laurel for good work and plenty of it. He 
Blone earned the entire amount of money required to 
be paid last August, as Texas' last payment toward the 
House of the Temple of the Supreme Council of 33ds 
at 433 Washington, D. C, and he did it manly and Ma- 
sonicBlly." He now lies ill in Arkansas, every brother 
should join us in silent prayer for the restoration to 
health of this zealous and faithful brother of our Rite." 

DEPUTY INSPECTORS. 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ACTIVE 

MEMBER OF SUPREME COUNCIL, IN 

AND FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. 

"DEUS MEUMQUE JUS" 

To the Freemasons of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish 
Rite in Texas. 

Health Union Stability 

The Sovereign Grand Inspector General, Illustrous 
Philip C. Tucker, 33°, Active Member of the Supreme 
Council of 33rd Degree on duty in and for the State of 
Texas, issued the following instructions to his represent- 
atives, viz: 

The Deputy Inspector, whose duty it will be in the 
Province to which he is assigned, to discharge the duties 
named in his commission to act therein for said Inspector 
General in the performance of his official duties as if 
said active member was present in person, always obeying 
the laws and usuages of the Rite and the orders of the 
Inspector General all of the obedience of the said Su- 
preme Council of 33rds in each of said Provinces are 
directed to receive and welcome our said Deputy Inspect- 
ors respectfully and within his official duties to render 
each respect and Masonic obedience. 



166 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

DEPUTY INSPECTORS IN TEXAS. 

William T. Austin, 32° K. C. C. H., Galveston, Texas, 
was appointed Deputy Inspector, January 1, 1870 V. E. 

George Krausse, 32°, Brownsville, Cameron County, 
Texas, appointed Deputy Inspector, December, 1872 V. E. 

George Mellersh, 32° K. C. C. H., Dallas, Texas, was ap- 
pointed Deputy Inspector, October 29, 1875 V. E. 

Louis M. Openheimer, 32° K. C. C. H., Calvert, Texas, 
was appointed Deputy Inspector, October 29, 1875 V. E. 

Henry A. Gilpin, 32°, Pinitas, Nueces County, Texas, 
was appointed Deputy Inspector, January 5, 1877 V. E. 

B. B. Richardson, 32°, Galveston, Texas, was appointed 
Deputy Inspector, March 31, 1877 V. E. 

Charles S. Morse, 32° K. C. C. H., Corsicana, Texas, was 
appointed Deputy Inspector, June 10, 1880 V. E. 

Adolph Goldman, 32°, Austin, Texas, was appointed 
Deputy Inspector September 1, 1881 V. E. 

Frank B. Sexton, 32°, Marshall, Texas, was appointed 
Deputy Inspector, November 7, 1881 V. E. 

Joseph K. Ashby, 32°, Fort Worth, Texas, was appointed 
Deputy Inspector November 10, 1881 V. E. 

Dr. Austin B. ChamberHn, 32°, Sabine Pass, Texas, was 
appointed Deputy Inspector, December 5, 1881 V. E. 

Adolph F. Cykoski, 32°, Galveston, Texas, was appointed 
Deputy Inspector December 10, 1881 V. E. 

James S. Sullivan, 32° K. C. C. H., Richmond, Texas, 
was appointed Deputy Inspector January 20, 1883 V. E. 

John C. McCoy, 32°, Dallas, Texas, was appointed 
Deputy Inspector January 18, 1885 V. E. 

Charles A. Hotchkiss, 32°, Dallas, Texas, was appointed 
Deputy Inspector September 9, 1888 V. E. 

Henry Sherffius, 32°, Houston, Texas, was appointed 
Deputy Inspector May, 1889 V. E. 

Rudolph Gunner, 33° Hon., Dallas, Texas, was appointed 
Deputy Inspector October, 1888 V. E. 

Monroe T. Ellis, 32°, San Antonio, Texas, was appointed 
Resident Deputy Inspector July 1, 1890 V. E.. 

Milton H. Hickox, 32°, K. C. C. H., Dallas, Texas, was 
appointed Deputy Inspector for Tarrant and all Western 
Counties April, 1893 V. E. 

Homan Starke, 32° K. C. C. H., Dallas, Texas appointed 
Deputy Inspector for Dallas and Northern Counties April 
1893 V. E. 

J. J. Davis, 33° Hon., Galveston, Texas, appointed Dep- 
uty Inspector for the whole State, May 28, 1902. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 167 

THIRTY THIRDS HONORARY AND KNIGHT COM- 
MANDERS OF THE COURT OF HONOR WHO 
ARE NOW MEMBERS IN TEXAS, 
CREATED ELSEWHERE. 

(The custom of the Rite requires every Brother from 
without the State to report in person to and present his 
Brief or Patent to be vised by the Masonic Official of the 
Highest Rank at the locahty where he may sojourn, whose 
duty it is to report the fact to the Inspector General, 
thus securing recognition by the Brethren throughout 
the State. 

NATHAN HAMMETT GOULD, 33\ was born in New- 
port, Rhode Island, on April 23, 1817, and resided there 
continuously until October, 1876, when he removed to 
San Antonio, Texas, where he resided until his death, 
February 14, 1895. 

The Hammett family is very old and is highly respected 
in Rhode Island. His ancestor in America settled in 
Newport, Rhode Island, in 1638, and married the daughter 
of the first Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island. 

Bro. Gould was a personal friend of both 111. Bros. 
Albert Pike and Philip C. Tucker and corresponded with 
them for years prior to his removal to San Antonio, 
Texas, and when they visited San Antonio together in 
the early eighties they were the guests of Bro. Gould, 
s.nd recognized him a Sovereign Grand Inspector General 
as soon as he arrived on Texas soil, though his commission 
as an Honorary Inspector General was not issued by the 
Southern Supreme Council until 1882. 

Bro. Gould was Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal 
Arch Chapter of Rhode Island in 1862-3, was crowned an 
Active Member of the Supreme Council of the Northern 
Jurisdiction, May 16, 1861, and from that date to 1876 
was sole Deputy for Rhode Island. He removed to San 
Antonio, Texas, October, 1876, and w,3s officially recog- 
nized by the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction 
as Honorary Inspector General in 1882, and was an Emriti 
Member in 1888. He died in San Antonio, Texas, at the 
age of 77 years, he lived the life of an "honorable Gentle- 
man," a true Mason and loved by everyone who became 
acquainted with him. 

GEORGE MELLERSH, 32° K. C. C, received the Scottish 
Rite Degrees in Memphis, Tenn., and was Past Venerable 



168 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



Master of his Lodge of Perfection. Past Grand Com- 
mander of Knights Templar in Tennessee, removed to 
Delias in the early 70's. He affiliated with both York 
and Scottish Rite Bodies in Dallas, and was coraimis- 
sioned Deputy Inspector in North Texas, but soon resigned. 
Bro. Mellersh had quite a Masonic record, but the Author 
has been unable to obtain it. 

ACHILLE REGULUS MOREL, 33°, Sovereign Grand 
Inspector General and Active Member of the Supreme 
Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, 
was born April 9, 1810, at Duchir, France, occupation a 
merchant, was a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, for 
many years, took a great interest in Scottish Rite Ma- 
sonry, was elected and crowned Active Member of the 
Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction, May, 1870, 
and commissioned Inspector General for Louisiana, un- 
seated for non-attendance May, 1874, unanimously re- 
instated May, 1876, as Active Member for the Supreme 
Council" for the State of Texas. Grand Representative to 
France 1877 and Grand Representative to Italy, 1878. 
Brother Morel left Galveston for California in search of 
health December 29th, 1885, and died there some years 
hter. 

RUPDOLH GUNNER, 33^ Hon., was formerly from 
Mexico ?nd was a General on Maximillians' Staff, received 
the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Degrees in Mexico. 
He moved to Dallas sometime during the year of 1887, 
the author called on him and found him to be a Scottish 
Rite Mason, after inspecting his papers reported him to 
the Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Galveston, who 
in turn reported him to Brother Albert Pike, Grand Com- 
mgnder. At the session of the Supreme Council, October 
1888, Brother Gunner's name was presented and the com- 
mittee on nominations respectfully recommended him for 
affiliation as a Brother Inspector General Honorary Mem- 
ber of the Sup-i-eme Council entitled to wear the decoration 
of the Grand Cross as an Honorary Member of the Court 
of Honor, he was afterwards commissioned Deputy for 
the Valley of Dallas. 

WILLIAM LOUIS SHUMATE, 32°, K. C. H is a 
native of Decatur, Georgia, residing there until 
1886 and removing in this year to Chattanooga, 
Tennessee. While a resident of Chattanooga, a gen- 
gentleman by name of Frambes arrived during the year 




AchiUe Regulus Morel, 33d. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 169 

of 1890 and circulated a petition purposing to establish 
a Lodge of Perfection of the Cerneau Rite. Frambes (an 
imposter) eventually succeeded in establishing a Lodge 
of Perfection of the so-called Clandestine Rite. Bro. Shu- 
mate soon discovered he was about to be inveigled into 
a spurious Rite for a nominal sum of money and im- 
mediately withdrew his name and after careful investiga- 
tion and fully convinced of all facts, he corresponded with 
Brother Pike, receiving from him such information and 
instructions required to organize a Lodge of Perfection^ 
thus prepared, Bro. Shumate began to wage war on the 
CerneHu Rite, securing 19 candidates and ably assisted 
in the organization of a Lodge of Perfection under the 
Southern Jurisdiction. 

In this affair, Bro. Shumate made a grand fight, tri- 
umphing gloriously. Appreciating his' valuable services 
in the creation of a legitimate body of the Rite, the Su- 
preme Council elected him a K. C. C. H. 

Bro. Shumate is by profession a lawyer, in practice 
now in Galveston, Texas, to which city he came from 
Chattanooga, Tenn, in 1894. The disastrous storm of 
1900 so broke the spirit of Bro. Shumate that he left 
shortly thereafter to reside in Dallas, remaining there 
until 1912, when he again took up his abode in Galveston. 

He was made a Perfect Elu, March, 1890. 

Made Knight of Rose Croix, April 9, 1890. 

Made Knight Kadosh, April 9, 1890. 

Made Prince of the Royal Secret, April 9, 1890. 

K. C. C. H., October 28, 1893. 

EDWIN CATLIN WEBSTER, 33° Honorary, now a 
resident of Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas, formerly of 
Hastings, Nebraska: 

Brother Webster is a Life Member of Fedecia Lodge 
of Perfection No. 3 of Hastings, Nebraska, a Life Mem- 
ber of Constans Rose Croix Chapter No. 3, same place. 
He affiliated with Pike Tucker Council No. 1, Knights 
Kadosh, and Texas Consistory No. 1 at Galveston, Texas, 
July 6th, 1907. Brother Webster is engaged in the real 
estate business in Alvin, Texas, and all Scottish Rite 
Masons will receive a hearty and cordial greeting who 
chance to meet him, and the author esteems it a pleasure 
to present his name to all Scottish Rite Masons in Texas. 

ED. S. DONNELLY, 33= HONORARY, 

For the benefit of many of the Scottish Rite Masons 



170 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

of Texas I deem it necessary to explain to you who 
Brother E. S. Donnelly 33° Honorary is, and why he 
obtained the high honors that have been conferred upon 
him. 

The following is a brief sketch of our Brother above 
mentioned : 

Prior to his residence in Texas, he lived in Oklahoma 
Territory (now the State of Oklahoma) and was one of 
the first to receive the Scottish Rite Degrees in his terri- 
tory, the degrees being communicated to him by Harper 
S. Cunningham 33°, then Deputy of the Superme Council. 
There were at that time only three others in the Territory, 
Jack Hilton, who was one of them, left in a few days for 
another State so only Cunningham and Donnelly were left, 
immediately after being pronounced Master of the Royal 
Secret, the Sovereign Grand Inspector General said: "By 
the power in me vested I appoint you Venerable Master 
of the First Lodge of Perfection of Oklahoma," Brother 
Cunningham, then and there turned over to Brother Don- 
nelly the Rituals and deputized him to communicate the 
degrees to a sufficient number whom in his judgment 
would be able to confer the work, which he did until he 
had fourteen memebrs in Guthrie alone, he then raised 
a sufficient amount of money to purchase a lot and a 
foundation of a Scottish Rite Temple was built, the Tem- 
ple, which was finally completed, stands today as a monu- 
ment to Brother Donnelly and the few who assisted him'. 

He took an active part in organizing Guthrie Lodge of 
Perfection No. 1 and was elected first Venerable Master, 
he was coroneted 33° Hon. December 27, 1899, as a reward 
for his great work for Scottish Rite Masonry, he assisted 
in the conferring of the Degrees on the first three men 
made Blue Lodge Masons in Oklahoma Territory, also 
assisted in organizing the first Grand Lodge in said terri- 
tory, he was present when Brother Chamberlin 33°, 
Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Texas instituted 
Dallas Consistory No. 2 and was elected an Honorary 
Member. 

NAHOR BIGGS YARD, 33° HON. 

He was born at Trenton, New Jersey, on the 12th day 
of March, in the year 1816, he removed to Texas in the 
year 1838, and settled at Galveston, of which city he was 
an honored citizen until his death. He received the degrees 
of this Rite from the 4th to the 32nd, inclusive in the 
years 1867, 68, 69 land 70. Was the first V. Master of 




Nahor B. Yard, 33 Hon. 
First Venerable Master in Texas. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 171 



San Felipe Lodge of Perfection No. 1, serving two terms, 
was W. Master of Oilman Chapter of the Rose Croix 
No. 1 ; was created a Knight Commander of the Court 
of Honor in May, 1872; elected to receive the 33d degree 
of Inspector-General, Honorary by the Supreme Council 
in October, 1880, and was duly coroneted in November, 
1884; and well did he deserve the honor, for his history 
as a Master Mason showed an unfaltering devotion to the 
order; he received the Masters degree in Harmony Lodge 
No. 6, at Oalveston, July 13th, 1840, and for the forty- 
eight years and more, he continued a member of it, he 
was never known to be (absent from a meeting, unless 
out of the city, ill, or caring for some person in trouble^ 
sick, or dying; after serving in both the Warden Sta- 
tions, he was in the year 1842 elected its W. Master, 
and subsequent to his service as such, served in different 
official stations. In December, 1856, his Mother Lodge 
elected him its Treasurer, in which office he continued 
the remaining years of his life, nearly thirty- three years; 
he was, as a rule, during all these years, a member of the 
Com.mittee of Fraternal Assistance. Bro. Yard was also 
a member of Tucker Lodge No. 297 at Oalveston from 
1867, and a regular attendant at its meetings. In the 
American Royal Arch Chapter, San Felipe de Austin No. I 
at Oalveston, he received its degrees, one of its earliest 
members, served as its High Priest from January 3rdy 
1844, to February 15th, 1848; and subsequently, also a 
Sojourner, Royal Arch Captain of the Host and King, 

In the order of Knights Templar he was a member of 
San Felipe de Austin Commandery No. 1, in it he re- 
ceived the orders soon after its organization at Oalveston, 
from its Commander, the late Samuel M. Williams, de- 
ceased, he filled nearly every office in it at different 
times and repeatedly; was its commander several terms; 
and at other t'^mes was usually Prelate, Jr, Warden or 
Treasurer. In the year 1866 he was Deputy Orand Com- 
mander and in 1867 Orand Commander of the Orand 
Commandery of Texas, faithfully he labored in both Rites, 
treading the mystic way, the Sacred Chambers, eating 
of the same bread, drinking from the same cup of brother- 
hood, grieving when we grieved and rejoicing when we 
rejoiced as Masons, and during all this long Masonic 
journey his brethren loved and honored him. 

'Talma non sine pulvere." 
He revered the order above all other human institutions. 



172 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

he said it "came to him as the greatest blessing of his 
Hfe," when he needed it; he had left all his early associa- 
tions, lived amid surroundings not tending to elevate a 
man morally or socially, and entirely without religious 
influences, that Masonry came upon him then like a light 
from Heaven, teaching him a worship, cultivating both 
brain and heart and developing all that was good in him, 
and th3t he always thanked God for it; his brethren 
believe it msde him one of God's noblemen. 

As citizen and neighbor, in public and private life he 
commanded the respect of all. And there was another 
record which demands to be mentioned; he never fled 
from plague, pestilence or epidemic when duty and man- 
hood required him to remain; never deserted the post of 
duty, through fear of death. In the hours of danger 
when skies, clear as those of Italy; earth, beautiful as 
gardens of the East, air balmy as the flowers' perfume, 
gave forth on every wind disease and death, when sud- 
denly and quietly epidemics visited our coast, and the cry 
for help was quickly followed by the sob of the orphan, 
the wail of the widow and the groan of the strong man 
as their loved ones were carried out from among them ; 
when coward fear reigned p3ramount and the ties of 
kindred and fraternity were inadequate to procure assist- 
ance, then he was ever to be found in the front rank, a 
very Daniel Isreal Ricardo (of Louisiana) and was not 
found wanting, an active worker of that noble institution, 
the Galveston Howard Association, from its birth in the 
year 1847, one of its Directors, at times Treasurer and 
ipresident, he, with others fought the yellow fever through 
every epidemic at Galveston, (except that of 1864, when 
he was absent), from the first that ever visited the city, 
and when we were exempt and other Southern pla-.es 
were the sufferers he was constantly at work to help 
them; collecting money for them, sending them money^ 
nurses, help of every kind. Worthily he won the spurs 
of a Knight Commander of the Temple, and he wore them 
with honor. Bro. Yard was a manly man and Freemason 
and did his duty as such when in his power, he spent 
fifty years of his life among us and did much good and 
as little evil as man could do. When the sprig of Acacia 
was dropped upon his coffin the intellect of every brother 
present realized and measured his worth, and the soul 
of esch concluded that if its record should be as clear' 
as his for good acts, well done in Masonic sense, that 
surely it would hope to pass inspection. 




Benjamin B. Richardson, 33 Hon. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 173 

Our brother had been invalided for two years past, and 
nearly every day passed hours at the Masonic Temple, 
on the 4th of May, standing in the Lodge room at the 
Secretary's table alone, he was stricken and fell to ;arise 
no more on earth — he died the following day. As he 
was the oldest member and oldest Past Master of Harmony 
Lodge No. 6, it was decided that he should be buried 
by it with the usual service, ^gnd that the next oldest 
member and Past Master, Bro. James Sorley, 18°, who had 
stood shoulder to shoulder with Bro. Yard in good works 
for many years, should preside, and it was done accord- 
ingly. 

Requiem eaternam dona ei Doimne! 

Philip C. Tucker, 
33°, S. G. L G. 

BROTHER B. B. RICHARDSON, 33° Hon., being the 
First Deputy of the Sovereign Grand Inspector General 
in all Texas and unknown to many of the Brethren now 
living, the author deems proper and not out of place to 
copy from the proceedings of the Supreme Council the 
following extract by Brother Albert Pike, 33°, Grand 
Commander : 

"Bro. B. B. Richardson died February 11, 1880, this 
very dear Brother who has now died, received the 33rd 
Degree at the hands of the Grand Commander and Broth- 
ers Tucker and Morel, Inspectors General at Galveston, 
Texas in the latter part of November last. 

He was a Deputy of Bro. Tucker for the whole State 
and the only Honorary Inspector General and Honorary 
Member of the Supreme Council in the whole State and 
he W8S worthy to be so, he has done his work well and 
the fruits of it will endure. The dead teach with more 
authority than the living." The above was well said, as 
the fruits of his early labor for Scottish Rite Masonry 
is to be found in all sections of our great State. 

Extract from Memorial of Bro. Tucker's records: 

Honorary Grand Inspector General, and our Deputy 
Inspector for all Texas, died at Galveston on the 11th 
inst., aged fifty-three years. In life he was earnest in all 
his undertakings, and especially devoted to Free Masonry* 
learned in the symbolism and legends of the American 
rite, in every grade, and high in official station therein, 
both in Maryland and Texas, he for thirty years taught 
and labored diHgently in the Courts of its Temples. 

Created a member of our Ancient and Accepted Scottish 



174 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Rite, his culture enabled him at once to appreciate its 
value, he felt as if he had traveled far and arrived on 
sacred soil, he acknowledged the truths of its philosophy 
and religion, bowed at its shrine, and beheving it a wor- 
ship, which like the dove of the Deluge carried to man 
a message of peace on its wings, he zealously engaged in 
its service; his work was well done — in this as in the 
American rite — it was ''duty, not glory," he folowed. He 
honestly earned every honor bestowed upon him, snd was 
always at his post; when he realized that medical skill 
would fail to prolong the number of his days, he met the 
inevitable, with "ccme when it will, I am ready." 

UNIVERSI TERRARUM ORBIS ARCHITECTONIS 
SUMMI AD GLORIAM 
DEUS MEUMQUE JUS. 

From the Orient of Galveston, in the State of Texas, 
one of the United States of North America, under the 
C. C. of that Zenith which answers unto the 29°, 18', 17", 
No. Latitude. 

By the active member of the Supreme Council 
of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United 
(SEAL) States of America of the 33° the Sovereigns 
« the Grand Inspectors General of the Ancient 

and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, 
from Texas, in charge of the Grand Prior 
of Texas; and in the name of said Supreme 
Council. 

To All Freemasons. 
Know ye! 

That, whereas it is impossible for us 
to visit in person all the towns and cities in the jurisdic- 
tion in our charge, and bj^ virtue of our office administer 
to the intellectual advancement and Masonic comfort of 
our brethren by receiving the worthy among those de- 
sirous to gain admission into the Ancient and Accepted 
Rite of Freemasonry, and in accordance with the Con- 
stitution of the olden times, and the statutes, regulations 
and usages of said Rite of Freemasonry to advance such 
as we may elect thereto from among the worthy Master 
Masons of this jurisdiction, to the different grades of 
the Rite. And in due time to congregate them and create 
local bodies of the Rite, and for fear that the brethren 
may deem us unjust if we longer delay placing it in their 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 175 

power (without their bearing the expenses incident to 
absence from their homes and of transportation) to obtain 
the degrees of the Rite from 4° to 18°, inclusive, particu- 
larly, and subsequently to the 30°, according to the laws 
and usages aforesaid, we have decided to invest a worthy, 
enlightened and trusty brother of the Rite having our 
full confidence, with power to act for us in the premises, 
to which end we do by these presents appoint and con- 
stitute the 

111. Bro. 

Benjamin Ball Richardson, 32° 
our Deputy and do authorize the said Illustrious Brother, 
Prince of the Royal Secret, Gr. Inspector, Inquistor Com- 
mander, Knight Kadosh, etc. etc. etc., to represent us as 
our Deputy throughout the State of Texas to communi- 
cate the degrees of the- Rite from the 4° to the 30°, in- 
clusive, upon such Master Masons of this jurisdiction as 
he may select, using his good jugdment in regard thereto, 
in accordance with the statutes in such cases provided, 
receiving the fees fixed by the statute for the benefit of 
the Supreme Council and the Rite and accounting and 
paying over the same to the Inspector General in charge 
as aforesaid. 

And all Freemasons of the Rite from the 4° to the 32°, 
inclusive, are required to pay due respect to our 111. 
Brother aforesaid as our official representative, to heed 
his warnings, take his fraternal advice and obey him in 
all lawful masonic matters in his charge as they would 
obey us if present in the body. And we tender them our 
official salutations. 

For all which this is our warrant, this 16th day of 
Nisan A. M. 5637, answering to the 31st day of March 
1877 V. E. 

Donatus ut Supra 

Philip C. Tucker, 33°, 

(SEAL) Sov. Gr. Insp. General and Active Member 
Supreme Council in Texas. 

UNIVERSI TERRARUM ORBIS ARCHITECTONIS 
SUMMI AD GLORIAM 
DEUS MEUMQUE JUS. 

From the Orient of Galveston, Texas, 
Under the C. C. of that Zenith which 
answers unto the 29° 18' 17" N° Lst. 
By the Sov. Gr. Inspector General and 



176 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Active Member of the Supreme Council 
of the 33° the Sov. Grand Inspectors Gen- 
eral of the 33° and last degree of the 
Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of 
Freemasonry, for the Southern Jurisdic- 
tion of the United States of America ; 
from Texas, and by the authority of said 
Supreme Council of 33°. 

To the Illustrious Brethren, 
Sublime Princes of the Royal Seciet 
to whom these presents may come. 
And to the good Knights Kadosh 
named herein. 

HEALTH STABILITY POWER 

Applicat^'on having been made at this Orient by the- 
good Knights Kadosh, James Francis Miller, 30°, of Gon- 
zales County; Sion Bass Trice, 30°, of McLennan County; 
Richard Homer Neal, 30°, of Bexar County, Texas, to 
receive the degrees of Grand Inspector Inquisitor Com- 
mander (31°) and Sublime Prince of the Roy si Secret 
(32°) of said A. & A. Scottish R^'te of Freemasonry, it 
is hereby ordered thst such applications be granted. And 
it being represented that these good Knights will meet 
at Austin in Travis County during the last week of this 
month, and are desirous then and there to obtain the 
degrees; we approve thereof and paramount duties pre- 
venting our personal presence at Austin at the time men- 
tioned, we hgve requested the Illustrious Bro. our Deputy, 
at t'•^is Orient for Texas, Benjamin Ball Richardson, 32°, 
a Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret, to communicate 
said degrees to the three Knights Kadosh named herein, 
respectively, and to create them Sublime Princes of the- 
Royal Secret according to the laws and usages of the 
Rite and to receive the fees therefor, required by the Su- 
preme Council of 33°, for all which this letter is his 
authority and we require all members of the Rite to re- 
spect his official acts by virtue hereof, and render him 
such service in regard thereto as he may require. And 
we require our Deputy in due time to report his action 
by virtue hereof as customary. 

Executed at said Orient this 15th day of the 
Hebrew month Schebet A. M. 5638, answering: 
to the 20th day of January, 1878 V. E. 
Philip Crosby Tucker, 33°, 




Adolph Goldman, 33° PIoii. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 177 

Sov. Gr. Inspector Genl., Active Member 

from Texas in the Supreme Council of the 

(SEAL) Sov's 33° for the Southern Jurisdiction of 

the United States of America and ex-officia 

its Deputy. 

The 31 and 32 Degrees as above authorized has been 

conferred on Sion B. Trice and James F. Miller at the 

time and place mentioned but R. H. Neal not being in 

readings I herewith return the within as fully obeyed 

as was possible at the time. 

B. B. Richardson, 32°, 

Special Deputy. 

HISTORIC SKETCH OF A. GOLDMAN. 

Orient of Galveston, Texas, Feby. 8, 1885. 
Dear Bro. Pike: 

In answer to that portion of your kind letter of the 
2nd inst., received on the evening of the 6th inst., which 
relates to Bro. Goldman, 33°, deceased, I send you an 
obituary notice written by myself, and published in the 
'Texas-Freemason." Also herewith, a sketch of Bro. 
Goldman's Masonic career, written by himself, and sent 
me in September, 1882, in addition to which I have to say, 
that he was in business-life a druggist, in which he was 
not a dispensor of drugs merely, but a superior medical 
chemist; and his chemical knowledge was not confined to 
medicines alone, but was extended into the science gen- 
erally, and its practical application to different branches 
of human industry. He was a member of the Lutheran 
Church — the church of his forefathers — which included — 
''His father's creed, 
His mother's prayers." 
He lived acceptably to his brethren, and we believe, if 
good work well done be taken as evidence, that his life's 
record will be found satisfactory at the general inspection, 
upon taking a final account. 

I am Sir, with usual salutations, 
(Signed) PHILIP C. TUCKER, 33° 

Inspector General. 
To Bro. Albert Pike, 33°, 

Venerable Grand Commander. 

Orient of Austin, September 10th, 1882. 
Dear Bro Tucker: 

The life of most of us is modelled by impressions re- 
ceived at a time when our minds are in a state when such 



178 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



impression is most lasting. This, perhaps, makes also the 
difference between an enthusiastic and a don't-care Mason. 
I received the 1st and 2nd Degrees in Mount Moriah 
Lodge, No. 59, on July 10th and 17th, respectively, 1855. 
When on the Tuesday following, I came up for my M., M. 
D. James Fournaux, the Secretary, requested me not to ap- 
ply, as charges had been preferred ggainst me. Next morn- 
ing Walter Nicol, W. M., informed me that Dr. Longen- 
becker had charged me with horse-stealing. If I had been 
in Texas, the charge alone would have been sufficient to 
settle my Masonic career. My trial came up on September 
18th, I having waived all the time the Constitution al- 
lowed me. Volumes of testimony taken outside were 
read; testimony heard, and, after that, I so sick that my 
physician allowed me only hours to live (for the last 
18 days) , I addressed the Lodge, sitting on a chair, sup- 
ported on one side by my brother Theodore and the other 
by my friend, Alfred Bourges. I then withdrew and was 
recalled after the ballot. Standing before the Great Lights, 
one arm over the shoulder of Theodore, the other over 
Bourges, I listened to the speech of congratulation from 
Walter Nicol. In his speech he congratulated me on the 
services my enemies had rendered me by showing to the 

B. B. here present, the difference between them and me, 
that every one in the room must have the same opinion, 
for the 83 balls in the ballot were all white, and there 
was as little stain upon my character as they had found 
stains in the ballot box. So far my moral strength kept 
me up, then I fainted and was carried from the room. 
Revived, all the B. B. came, congratulated me upon my 
unnecessary defence, and showed to me their affection in 
different ways. Dr. L. sneaked off; but I took a fearful 
revenge on him. He fell by immoral living, in the esti- 
mation of all, lost practice, and finally went as Surgeon 

C. S. A. and died in Perryville, in charge of the Confed- 
erate hospitals, of congestive chills, brought on by over- 
working himself, leaving a v^dfe, two sons and one daugh- 
ter, the oldest 11 years, the youngest about 6 years old, 
behind him. I furnished his family shelter and food, sent 
the children to school, made collections for them, and 
when old enough, took the oldest boy in my store, made a 
man of him, (he is now a practicing physician in New Or- 
leans,) and when the mother died, I raised the money 
smong my friends to send them to Cincinnati, where a 
friend of their mother, who had no children, promised to 
take care of them. Revenge is sweet, and I think I had 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 179 

mine. September 25, 1855, I was raised, and the mem- 
bers of the Lodge would not allow me to give them a 
supper as usual, but invited me to take it with them. They 
pushed me forward in every way all they could, and at the 
installation of officers in December, 1885, Bro. W. M. Per- 
kins, appointed me J. G. W. to assist in the ceremonies. 
In March, 1856, Ocean Lodge was established under dis- 
pensation, myself, J. W., doing the work as W. M., also in 
1857; for although the B. B. wished me to be W. M., 1 
refused and used my influence to elect for that office the 
S. W., doinp: his work. I was by unanimous vote elected 
W. M., in December, 1857, re-elected 1858 to December, 
1859, re-elected in '65, '66 and '69. On December 19, '66, 
I was presented with the silver goblet which you have 
seen and admired. 

The Chapter Degrees I received in Orleans Chapter No. 
1, in December, 1855, and April 1856, but never took much 
part in the work. 

In the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana I served 
on Committee on Credentials in 1858, Committee Work of 
Chartered Lodges in 1865, on Committee on Foreign Cor- 
respondence in 1868, 1869 and 1870, and filled the office 
of Grand Pursuivant in 1865. When the Spurious Su- 
preme Council for the Sovereign and Independent State of 
Louisiana, under James Foulhouze, created Lodges of Sym- 
bolic Masonry in La., I took strong ground against that 
Body in Grand Lodge, and when the Grand Lodge of the 
Three Globes in Berlin recognized that Body I went to W. 
M. Perkins and requested some authority to correspond 
with them about our claims on them. Bro. S. M. Todd was 
the Grand Secretary, and by order of W. M. P. he made 
out a commission, appointing me Grand Correspondent 
towards all Masonic Grand Bodies working in the German 
language. I went to work with a will, carried on corre* 
spondence with them all and succeeded within the follow- 
ing year; that the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes upon 
satisfactory information received, rescinded the recogni- 
tion of the La. Council and revoked the Commission to 
their Representation. 

The Memorial which I worked out, and which was the 
result of six months' hard labor, is now in the archives 
of our Grand Lodge, and at my suggestion to Bro. J. B. 
Scott, Chairman of Committee on Foreign Correspondence, 
not appended to our printed report in order to give no 
undue importance to the question, which we thought we 
could suppress. But when the Grand Orient of France,. 



180 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 



in 1868, recognized in its Bulletin that Spurious Council, 
the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, on February 8, 
1869, presented a special report to Grand Lodge: see Pro- 
ceedings, 1869, Pages 75-80. James B. Scott, Joseph P. 
Horner and myself as Committee. In this report we threw 
the gauntlet to the Grand Orient and nailed our colors 
to the Mast and I now remember with pleasure when 
Scott and myself, after much opposition, carried our re- 
ports and resolutions with but one (Oscar Czarnowski, 
W. M. Hiram Lodge) dissenting voice. I was commis- 
sioned as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of 
Royal York of Friendship, September 3, 1867; Grand 
Lodge of Eklectic Union, in Frankfurt, December 16; 
Grand Lodge of Saxony, in Leipsic, December 17 ; Grand 
Lodge of Three Globes, in Berlin, December 18, and ap- 
pointed Honorary Member of these Bodies, but of the 
Grand Lodge of the Three Globes I was elected life Honor- 
ary Member at the meeting. I tendered my resignation 
the 21st of September, 1870, as the letter said, in thankful 
recognition for the proper caring of their interest. 

I have given you a short synopsis of my Masonic career 
until the time I had the pleasure of knowing you, and 
you have my report of work done as your Deputy during 
the hst year. It is necessary for me to add, that besides 
the work I have done I have carried on a very large cor- 
respondence, which, although it has not produced any 
visible good result, I think will germinate and bring 
fruits. 

In closing these remarks I will add, to illustrate my 
statement in the beginning of this letter on impressions : 
the impression on the evening of my trial in Mount 
Moriah Lodge No. 59, is everlasting on my mind. The 
brotherly feeling towards an almost stranger, who suf- 
fered under the disadvantage of a heavy cloud in the 
shape of charges, was overpowering to me, and, following 
my career, the distinction following me could not otherwise 
but make me enthusiastic in Masonic life. I can claim 
that I am the first German who presided over an Ameri- 
can Lodge, the first German representative of an Ameri- 
can Lodge that held an office in Grand Lodge or was 
a member of a committee, the first German that received 
a testimonial of an American Lodge and the first German 
that ever was entitled to a seat in the Grand East in 
Louisiana. Bro. A. R. Morel may perhaps yet remember 
some details from the foregoing pages, and I would be 
highly rejoiced if he could do so. Your kindness towards 




Dr. Austin Beverly Chamberlin, 33° 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 181 

me, however, throws into the shadow all other friendship 
ever experienced before, and believe me, my dear Sir, 
that it will all be remembered to my dying hour. 

Yours truly, 

A. Goldman, 32°, 
Deputy Inspector General. 
To Bro. Philip C. Tucker, 33°, 
S. G. Insp. General, 
Active Member of S. G. C. 
Southern Jurisdiction, Galveston, Texas. 

When the Supreme Council decided to propagate the 
Rite in Texas in the German language, Bro. Goldman was 
recommended to Bro. Tucker, 33°, S. G. I. Gen. in Texas 
by Bros. Fellows 33° and Todd 33°, S. G. I. Generals and 
Active Members of the Supreme Council as the best man 
to underteke the work. Bro Goldman was not even a 
Scottish Rite Mason, and Bro Tucker sent Bro. Charles 
S. Morse, 33°, to Austin (who was then living in Galves- 
ton) to confer upon Bro. Goldman as an Honorarium the 
Scottish Rite Degrees from the 4° to 32°, inclusive, and 
ask him if he would accept the appointment as Deputy 
Inspector. Bro. Goldman was immediately commissioned 
Deputy Inspector General, was elected Knight Commander 
of the Court of Honor in October 1882. Bro. Pike and 
Bro. Ireland made a special trip to Austin in November, 
1884, and conferred the 33° degree on Bro. Goldman, 
Honorarium at the time he was confined to his room, 
practically on his death bed, as he died very shortly after- 
wards. He was the founder of Scottish Rite Masonry in 
Austin. 

In life he was a true, faithful, zealous and intelligent 
Freemason, in or out of official station, respected and 
honored by his Masonic peers everywhere, a good husband, 
father and son, discharging life's duties with a full ap- 
preciation of his responsibility to his Creator for the 
trusts so reposed in him. He earned his honors by his 
works, has accomplished his day, and rests from his la- 
bors. Honored be his memory. 

DR. AUSTIN B. CHAMBERLIN. 

Dr. Austin B. Chamberhn, 33°, Sovereign Grand In- 
spector General in Texas and Active Member of t'-^e 
Supreme Council from October 18th, 1893. until he died. 
The following is an extract frcm J. D. Richardson, 33°, 
Sovereign Grand Commander's Memorial : 

Bro. A. B. Chamberk'n was born January 16th, 1842, 
in Montreal, Canada. He came to tie United States when 



182 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

quite young and located in the Stste of Maine, and there re- 
ceived his early education. He attended the Louis\ille Medi- 
cal School at Louisville, Kentucky, and later graduated from 
the School of Medicine of the University of Tennessee at 
Nashville, end resided for a brief period at Columbia, in 
that State, after practicing his chosen profession at Co- 
lumbia for a short time, he removed to Arkansas and lo- 
cated in Dardanelle, from this point he removed to Texas 
in 1871, loc3ting at Sabine Pass. In 1876 he was made 
State quarantine and health officer at Sabine Pass, a po- 
sition he held for six years. In 1882 he removed to Gal- 
veston, Texas, where for m^any years he practiced medicine. 

He was mxade a Master Mason in Bright Star Lodge at 
Dardanelle, Arkansas; a Royal Arch Mason and a Royal 3nd 
Select Master in March, 1883, in San Felipe de Austin 
Royal Arch Chapter, at Galveston and a Knight Templar 
in San Felipe de Austin Commandery No. 1, in May, 1883. 

He was made a Perfect Elu December 1st, 1880, and 
subsequently received the other degrees of our Rite, up to 
and including the thirty-second, in December, 1881, in the 
Bodies at Galveston. He was elected a Knight Commander 
of the Court of Honor, October 23rd, 1884, was Coroneted 
Honorary Inspector General of the 33rd degree October 24, 
1884, and was crowned Sovereign Grand Insp. General, 
Member of the Supreme Council at St. Louis, Missouri, 
October 18th, 1893, when the Supreme Council met in that 
city. From December 5th, 1881, until he was crowned an 
active member, he was Deputy of the Inspector General in 
Texas, and of the Supreme Council. He was an honorary 
member of the Suprem.e Councils for Mexico and Italy. 
He was Worshipful Master of Syrian Lodge, F. and A. M. 
at Sabine Pass. In 1901 he was appointed assistant to 
Bro. Webber in the office of Secretary-General, and on Jan- 
uary 11th, 1908, was appointed Secretary-General of the 
Supreme Council by the Grand Commander. 

Bro. Chamberlin was a zealous and deserving Mason, 
He studied its principles and philosophy, the teaching and 
dogma of the Scottish Rite especially appealed to him, and 
gave fuller opportunity for the trend of his mind and 
thought. 

After coming to Washington City to accept a position 
in the office of the Secretary-General, he occupied a room 
in the House of the Temple, from choice, where he lived a 
life almost apart from others. This gave him time and 
opportunity, where he availed himself of study. He 
used these ascetic hours to learn all he could of what Ma- 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 183 

sonry teaches and to draw therefrom its sweetest inspi- 
ration. 

He mastered each degree of our system and gave in- 
structions and orders to all of his subordinate bodies in 
Texas, that every degree should be conferred in full cere- 
monial form. In order to do this, the brethren in thst 
Jurisdiction are forced to always hold their reunions 
for four days, at which they work each day from early 
in the forenoon until late night. At everj^ reunion, they 
confer the twenty-nine degrees. When he was crowned 
Active Member of the Council in 1893, there were in Texas 
only one hundred and two members of the Lodsfe of Per- 
fection, and no working Council of Kadosh or Consistory. 
Today, they have in that State, in Lodges of Perfection, 
over three thousand members, with all the prosperous 
bodies at various localities. This result speaks volumes in 
evidence of his remarkable organizing capacity and to his 
valuable services as a Sovereign Grand Inspector General. 
He was well informed in Masonic Law, and as Grand 
Commander, I recognized that I had in him a safe coun- 
sellor and advisor in all matters in doubt or controversy. 
He was by nature, conservative and cautious, slow to make 
up his judgment and always impartial, which made his 
opinion and advice more valuable. He was unpretentious 
and shrunk from the public attention, on account of his 
modesty and retiring manner and disposition. He held 
himself in the background which caused him sometimes to 
appear indifferent, if not unfriendly to those with whom 
he came in contact; but this was all appearance. He was 
not what was termed a good mixer, and it was almost im- 
possible to get him to appear before an audience or to 
deliver a public address. In his manner he was diffident 
or not easy to approach or become acquainted with, in 
presence of strangers, on account of his modesty of which 
I have spoken, he appeared somewhat ill at ease, but in 
all things he was a true man and a most sincere one, and 
possessed a warm heart and a most generous nature. His 
friendships were not casual and formal, but sincere and 
true; his attachments not transient and suddenly made, 
and when made, were permanent and enduring. It was 
my privilege during our loved and very close association 
to frequently talk with him of death and judgment. He 
always expressed himself as absolutely without fear of the 
end and the result. He did not believe in hollow mock- 
ery or pretentious piety and a make-believe religion, > of 
which there is so much in the world. He said he possessed 



184 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

absolute and perfect faith and confidence in his Maker 
and placed the Supremest trust in Him, and always said 
he was ready. Born in the rugged, cold climate of the ex- 
treme North, he made continual changes in his home in 
early life, each time going farther South until he could go 
no farther in that direction. In Galveston, he found not 
only the balmy atmosphere which was congenial to his 
nature, but here he made many friends who became de- 
votedly attached to him, and of whom he was very fond, 
and his love of that land and country and people, was as 
genuine as that of the most passonate devotee to his Fath- 
erland, fanned by the gentle breezes of the great Gulf. 
May the beautiful flowers which grow on his grave be 
preserved in their perennial freshness and loveliness, and 
may God give rest and peace to his soul. 

James D. Richardson, 33°. 

Grand Commander. 

J. J. DAVIS, 33° Hon. 

In business life his industry and personal merit have 
been recognized in the position he now holds as manager 
of the Galveston Wharf Company. 

In Masonic life he has enjoyed the confidence and 
honor of the fraternity as evidenced by the offices so 
efficiently occupied by him in this state. In the York Rite 
he is Past Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand 
Lodge of Texas and Past Grand Commander of the Knights 
Templar in Texas. 

In the Scottish Rite his loyal and faithful labors for 
that branch of Masonry has been recognized by the Su- 
preme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of 
Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction, by having con- 
ferred upon him the 33rd Depree Hon., being the highest 
and final degree confered by that body. 

That this was well merited recognition is evidenced by 
the record of his efficient work in behalf of the Rite in 
being one of those who advocated the conferring of all the 
degrees in long form which was done in the Galveston 
bodies with which he was associated and which, as adopted 
by other bodies, has been instrumental in bringing the 
work in this State to a high plane of efficiency. 

When Dr. A. B. Chamberlin, Sovereign Grand Inspector 
General for Texas, was called to Washington to fill the 
office of Secretary General of the Supreme Council, 
Brother Davis was appointed the Deputy of the Inspector 




James J. Davis, 33° Hon. 




Samuel Poyntz Cochran, 3S° 
Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Texas. Active Member 
and Grand Master of Ceremonies Supreme 
Council Southern Jurisdiction. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 185 

General for the State of Texas, and was confidently relied 
upon to perform the necessary official duties pertaining 
to the Rite in Texas, to the satisfaction of his superior of- 
ficer. This position he filled as indicsted until the pressure 
of business life, especially in the responsible positon he 
now holds, together wth a realization that his mantle 
would fall on a worthy successor, led him to resign that 
office. 

SAM F. COCHRAN, 33°, SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPEC- 
TOR GENERAL IN TEXAS. 

It is seldom that nature, education and experience have 
combined to give personality, culture and executive ability 
to any individual in proportions which are so generous 
and so well balanced as have been given to Brother 
Cochran. 

He is of charming personality, well read in general af- 
fairs, a deep student of Masonry and has demonstrated 
his ability in the control of large affairs, not only in 
private and public life, but in the wiser and more intimate 
life which we ss Brother Masons endeavor to live. 

Considering his career from any angle the keynote of 
his wonderful success is due to his wonderful faculty for 
endurance under sustained labor. 

His merit was early discovered by his Brother Masons 
and he was rapidly advanced through the various offices. 
He has been honored by all the appointments and elections 
which are in the gift of the various Scottish Rite bodies 
in Texas. 

He was appointed to his present high office, Sovereign 
Grand Inspector General in Texas, in October 21st, 1911, 
and as such is an active member of the Supreme Council 
A. A. S. R. at Washington, D. C, having also the honor 
to be Orand Master of Ceremonies of that body. 

He has filled all the offices both minor and gr^nd in 
the York Rite bodies in Texas. 

The following is an accurate summary of the record of 
his progress through the Scottish Rite bodies: 

Received the Fourth and Fifth Degrees April 6, 1898. 

Received the Sixth to Eighth Degrees July 27, 1898. 

Received the Ninth to Fourteenth Degrees July 31, 1898. 
-All in Dallas Lodge of Perfection No. 7, Dallas, Texas. 

Received the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Degrees Nov. 11, 
1898, in L. M. Openheimer Chapter, Knights Rose Croix 
No. 2 at Galveston, Texas. 



186 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

Received the Nineteenth to Thirtieth Degrees November 
12, 1898, in Pike-Tucker Council, Knights Kadosh No. 1, 
at Galveston, Texas. 

Received the Thirty-First and Thirty-Second Degrees 
Nov. 12, 1898, at Galveston, Texas, by communication 
from Dr. A. B. Chamberlin, 33°, Sovereign Grand Inspec- 
tor General for Texas. 

Demitted from Pike-Tucker Council, Knights Kadosh 
No. 1, Sept. 19, 1903, to become charter member of Dallas 
Council No. 2. Affiliated with Texas Consistory No. 1, 
at Galveston, Texas, Nov, 18, 1899, and demitted to be- 
come charter member of Dallas Consistory No. 2 at its 
organization. 

Installed Senior Warden Dallas Lodge of Perfection 
No. 7, March 24, 1899. 

Installed Venerable Master Dallas Lodge of Perfection 
No. 7, Feb. 19, 1900. 

Aprill 11, 1900, became Charter Member and Senior 
Warden of Lone St^r Chapter, Knights Rose Croix No. 4 
at its organization on this date, demittng from L. M. 
Openheimer Chapter No. 2 at Galveston. 

Installed Wise Master Lone Star Chapter Knights Rose 
Croix No. 4, April 12, 1902. 

October 4, 1902, became Charter Member of Dallas 
Council of Knights Kadosh No. 2, organized this date, and 
installed as Preceptor. 

Became Charter Member Dallas Consistory No. 2, 
M. R. S., constituted December 18, 1903, and installed as 
Venerable Master of the Kadosh. 

Elected Knght Commsnder of the Court of Honor by 
the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction at 
Washington, D. C, Oct. 22, 1901. 

Coroneted Inspector General Honorary 33° in Supreme 
Council for Southern Jurisdiction at Washington, D. C, 
Oct. 23, 1903. 

Appointed Deputy of the Supreme Council for the State 
of Texas by Illustrious Sir James D. Richardson, 33°, 
Sovereign Grand Commander, June 24, 1911. 

Elected an active member of the Supreme Council by 
that body at its session held, on Saturday, October 21, 
1911, and Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Texas. 

"ADOLPHUS STERNE" 32° 

The author displays the above picture and a short 
biographical sketch for the purpose of throwing some 




Adolphus Sterne, 32" 
First Scottish Rite Mason in Texas. 
(1824) 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 187 

light on the work of early days, and upon the life of a 
distinguished and pioneer Mason. 

Bro. Adolphus Sterne 32° was the first Scottish Rite 
Mason in the Republic of Texas, which I trust will be of 
some interest to our younger brethren. 

Bro. Sterne was a very prominent Mason in the early 
days of Texas. He was a Past Master when he came to 
Texas, and assisted in organizing Milam Lodge No. 2 at 
Nacogdoches. He also assisted in organizing the Grand 
Lodge of Texas. 

The following is copied from the proceedings of the 
Grand Lodge (Ruthvens Reprint) : 

"City of Houston, Dec. 20th, A. D. 1837." 
Convention of Master Masons. 

''In pursuance of an invitation from Holland Lodge 
No. 36, of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, held at the 
City of Houston by virtue of a Charter from the Most 
Worshipful Grand Lodge of Louisiana, addressed to the 
different Lodges in the Republic of Texas, a convention 
was held in the Senate Chamber this day at 3 o'clock p. m. 

*'0n motion, Bro. Sam Houston was called to the chair 
end Bro. Anson Jones appointed Secretary. 

"The following delegates presented their credentials and 
took thpiY* ^Pfjts * 

"From Holland Lodge No. 36, held at the City of Hous- 
ton: Brothers Sam Houston, Anson Jones, Jeff Wright 
and Thomas Western. 

"From Milam Lodge No. 40, held at the Town of 
Nacogdoches: Brothers Thomas J. Rusk, J. W. Burton, 
Charles S. Taylor, Adolphus Sterne and R. H. Douglass. 

On motion of Bro. Sterne it was 'Resolved that all 
Masons present, who are members of regular Lodges be 
and they are hereby constituted members of the Grand 
Lodge of the Republic of Texas.' 

"Other members being present, they were accordingly 
constituted members of the Grand Lodge. 

"On motion of Bro. Sterne, it was Resolved, that all 
now proceed to organize the Most Worshipful Grand 
Lodge of the Republic of Texas, by the election of a 
Most Worshipful Grand Master, Right Worshipful Grand 
Treasurer, Right Worshipful Grand Secretary and that the 
other grand officers be appointed at the first meeting 
of the Grand Lodge. 

" 'Bro. Anson Jones was elected Most Worshipful Grand 
Master and Bro. Adolphus Sterne was elected Right Wor- 



188 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

shipful Deputy Grand Master'." You will perceive by this 
that Bro. Sterne was not only a Scottish Rite Mason, but 
an active member in the Grand Lodge and subordinate 
Lodges of the Republic of Texas. 

In a lettej* to me, dated October 10th, 1912, from 
Charles A. Sterne 32°, member of Texas Consistory No. 1, 
Palestine, Texas, he writes as follows: 

''After some search I have secured the apron and two 
collars (collar of 32° end also Knight Templar) part of 
the regalia worn by my father, worn over 80 years ago, 
they are in bad condition, having been badly kept, but 
I hope you will be able to secure a satisfactory photo- 
graph, as it will prove an interesting relic of the early 
days of Masonry in the Republic and State of Texas. 
I also send a picture of my father, which was copied 
from a daguerreotpye taken in New York in 1846. My 
father was born in the City of Cologne, France, on April 
5th, :!801. He c?me to New Orleans when sixteen years 
old and CEme to Nacos^doches in 1824. He was married 
in 1828; was in the Fredonian Rebellion and furnished 
gun flirts, powder and lead to the rebels, which were 
smuggled in barrels of coffee from New Orleans; was 
detected, courtmartialed gnd sentenced to be shot as a 
traitor, he having become a citizen of the Republic and 
commissioned as a sutler to sell goods to soldiers. He 
being a Master Mason, the matter was taken up by John 
H. Holland, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Louis- 
iana, and an appeal to the Masons of the City of Mexico 
and the Governor of Coahuila, he was pardoned. 

''He commanded a company from Nacogdoches County 
in the Kick 3 poo and Cherokee fight and was slightly 
wounded in the first battle. He was Aide-de-Camp to 
General Houston and on his staff and was preparing to 
join him on the Brazos with your father and others 
from Nacogdoches, when the order came to remove all 
families across the Sabine. He hastily returned, after 
leaving his family in Natchitoches, La., but did not reach 
the Texas Army until after the battle of San Jacinto. 

"My father died in New Orleans, March 27th, 1852; 
was buried in Nacogdoches with Masonic honors on April 
11th (Easter Sunday) by Milam Lodge No. 2." 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 189 



The author is under obligations to Mrs. Rosine Ryan, 
who is a daughter of Adolphus Sterne and now resides in 
Houston, for the following letter to Bro. Adolphus 
Sterne 32°. 

''New Orleans, September 25th, 1837. 
Bro. Sterne: 

Yours of the 30th of August was received in due time 
and on Friday night last, I met with the Grand Lodge, 
for the express purpose of attending to your request 
relative to your Charter, which was unanimously granted, 
and the Grand Lodge was pleased to learn of the progress 
our Order is making in that interesting country. 

"I was much flattered by this request made, that I 
would attend to and install the Lodge' and would gladly 
avail myself of the occasion, were it possible for me 
to do so, but I am doomed, it appears, never to be able 
to leave New Orleans for twenty-four hours at a time, 
the Charter is made out and will accompany this. 

"The Grand Secretary has filled up a dispensation in 
such a manner as will enable any brother chosen by the 
Lodge to officiate. Why shall not Bro. Sterne be elected? 
You possess qualification and I would nominate you to 
the Lodge as a Worthy Past Master fully capable, and 
I have no doubt you would do your duty properly. 

"Wishing success to the labors of the Lodge and hap- 
piness to the brethren, I remain. 

Your friend and brother, 

J. H. Holland, G. M." 



THE SCOTTISH AND YORK RITES OF FREE- 
MASONRY. 
HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY 

"The question is often asked, what is the difference 
between the Scottish Rite and the York Rite? 

The several bodies and degrees of Masonry may be 
likened to the letter "Y". The first three, or Symbolic 
Degrees, also styled Blue Lodge Degrees, may be termed 
the stem of the "Y," because they are the basis or foun- 



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dation upon which both systems of the higher degrees 
are built. Thus: 




''One branch or leg of the ''Y" is the York Rite (or more 
properly the American Rite) Masonry, and the other, 
Scottish Rite Masonry. The York (American) Rite is 
composed of the Royal Arch Chapter, Council of Royal 
and Select Masters, and Commandery of Knights Templar. 
The Scottish Rite, of the Lodge of Perfection or Ineffable 
Degrees, from the 4° to 14° ; Chapter of Rose Croix, sub- 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 191 

divided into Council of Princes of Jerusalem, the Historical 
or Second Temple Degrees, 15° to 16°, and the Religious 
Degrees 17° and 18° ; the Council of Kadosh or the Philo- 
sophical and Chivalric Degrees, intermingled from the 19° 
to the 30° inclusive; and the Consistory or the Official 
Degrees, 31° and 32°. 

**The terms American and Continetnal Masonry, used b> 
Masonic scholars and historians to designate the York and 
Scottish Rites respectively, denote the country of their 
origin. The York Rite proper consists of the three sym- 
bolic or Blue Lodge degrees, as practiced in English and 
American Lodges. The Royal Arch Chapter, also called 
Capitular Degrees, the Council of Royal and Select Mas- 
ters, or Cryptic Degrees, and Commandery or Templar 
Degrees as a system, originated in this country, from 
about 1796 to 1811, through the efforts of Thomas Smith 
Webb, of Massachusetts. The Council of Royal and Select 
Degrees were originally conferred as side degrees by the 
Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, and some of the 
older Councils of Royal Select Masters still possess the 
Charters granted by that Body. The Scottish Rite is some- 
times called Continental Masonry, because it had its origin 
as a system on the Continent of Europe, through the con- 
stitutions of 1762 and 1786. 

"The York Rite proper, that is the three or Symbohc 
Degrees, is practiced in English-speaking countries, Ger- 
many and North America only, while the higher degrees 
of the Chapter and Commandery, as such, are known and 
practiced only in North America. The Scottish Rite is 
known and practiced on the Continents of Europe and 
North and South America, in Asia and Africa, and thus 
may be termed the Universal Rite. 

''Of the thirty-three degrees included in the Scottish Rite, 
only twenty-nine are actively exemplified in its Bodies in 
this country. The Supreme Council of the Southern Juris- 
diction of the United States disclaims any jurisdiction or 
control over the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow 
Craft, and Master Mason, and accept as applicants for its 
degrees only those who are Master Masons in good stand- 
ing in Lodges recognized by the Grand Lodge of the 
State in which the applicant is a citizen. 

"On the continent of South America, Europe (with the 
exception of Germany), Asia and Africa, Scottish Rite 
Masonry is practically the only Masonry known, and the 
three or SymboHc Degrees are conferred under the au- 



192 History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 

spices of the Supreme Councils, very similar to the meth- 
ods of Grand Lodges in this country, only the degrees 
are somewhat different." 

A brief Historical statement, found in the Scottish Rite 
Bulletin, of El Paso, for September, 1912, says: 

'The general statement may be made that there are two 
great branches or Rites of Freemasonry, which are com- 
monly known, in this country at any rate, as the York 
and the Scottish Rite. In the United States, a prerequisite 
for making application to the Scottish Rite is member- 
ship in a Blue Lodge of the so-called York Rite. Neces- 
sarily then, the latter is far stronger numerically. In 
many foreign countries, where the first three degrees are 
conferred in lodges of the Scottish Rite, the reverse of 
this is true. The American Mason who travels abroad 
usually is somewhat astonished at the difference he finds 
in this respect between the conditions at home and in 
Europe. 

"The York Rite authentic history begins about two hun- 
dred years ago. The predecessor of the Scottish Rite, 
the Rite of Perfection and Heredom, was in existence 
prior to 1762. It was introduced into this continent by 
one Stephen Morin, whose patent from France was dated 
1761. There is record of his founding bodies of the Rite 
in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1769. Later, about 1783, there 
was a ''Sublime Grand Lodge of Perfection" established 
in Charleston. 

"On May 31, 1801, without any previous action of which 
we have record, there was organized in Charleston, a 
Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree for the 
United States of America," the Mother Council of the 
world, from which all others have derived their charters. 
A dozen years later the Northern Supreme Council was 
established, by a special deputy from the original Supreme 
Council, which later thereafter took the name of the 
Supreme Council, 33d degree. Southern Jurisdiction. Four- 
teen States were allotted to the Northern Council: Maine, 
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, 
Rhode Isalnd, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela- 
ware, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. At that date, 
the present state of Wisconsin was a portion of Michigan. 
Hence the Northern Jurisdiction now comprises fifteen 
states of the Union. The remaining States, and all the 
territories and dependencies, as well as the Army and 
Navy, make the Southern Jurisdiction. 



History of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas 193 

"Both Jurisdictions are working, and always have worked, 
in entire harmony. Nor has there ever been in this country 
any serious friction between the York Rite and the Scot- 
tish Rite. There is plenty of work for both, each in its 
own field. The two rites make one consistent and har- 
monious whole, and it is all Freemasonry. 

*' 'Scottish Rite Masonry has not attempted to propagate 
any creed, save its own simple and sublime one of faith in 
God and of good works; no religion save the universal, 
eternal, immutable religion, a religion such as God 
planted in the heart of universal humanity. Its votaries 
may be sought and found alike in Jewish, Moslem, and 
Christian temples. It is a teacher of the morals of all 
religions ; it is the preacher of good and not of evil, of 
truth and not error. As in the days of Dante, its mission 
is to aid humanity in setting its foot upon despotism, 
and treading under feet spiritual tyranny and intolerance.' 

'This last paargraph is from sn address by James D. 
Richardson, 33°, the Grand Commander of the Southern 
Jurisdiction, and is quoted for the reason that it answers 
thoroughly some of the charges made against the Rite 
by our friends, the enemy. 

''One of the aims of the Scottish Rite Bodies, in holding 
their reunions, or general convocations, is to encourage 
a closer study of the symbolism and philosophy of Ma- 
sonry. The seeker after Truth will find in the broad 
and comprehensive doctrines of the Rite perhaps the most 
complete and cosmopolitan system of philosophy that has 
ever impressed itself upon the world. It is not a one-man's 
theory or fad, but contains the best thought of the ages, 
along the lines of what is concealed, rather than revealed, 
in Ancient Craft Masonry. No man entering this Rite will 
have demanded for him sny subscription to a creed, fur- 
ther than the requirement that he shall openly profess 
his faith in Deity. This is an article of faith that never 
will stand in need of revision." 

If the study of Masonry along its broader and higher 
lines appeals to you as a Master Mason; if you are inter- 
ested in the uplift of your fellowmen; if you care to help 
in disseminat^'ng the knowledge of Truth among men, 
freeing them from superstitious fears and servile sub- 
serviency; if, in short, you are desirous of engaging in 
the study of the true Freemasonry, you are invited to 
come and be one of us. 



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